How to Install & Activate a Second Drive on a Windows 11 PC

Are you looking to add a 2nd drive to your Windows 11 PC for extra storage or games? In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and activate a second drive on a Windows 11 PC. This process will work for SSD's and HDDs that you are looking to add and set up in your Windows 11 PC.

** If you are adding a second drive that already holds important data, make sure to backup all files first as formatting will delete all of the information.**

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⌚Time Stamps ⌚
00:01 Introduction
00:41 SSD and Components Being Used
01:43 Installing SSD Into PC Case & Wiring
04:00 Activating & Set-up of Drive in Windows 11
07:12 Final Thoughts

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[coco]

Installed my second drive ever, I'm a brand new PC builder and built my PC last month so everything is new to me. This guide was literally perfect thank you my man.

[meowpeep]

Worked like a charm. Microcenter wanted to charge me $100 for this and I did it in 2 min with your help. Thanks!

[TradingAces]

Straight to the point. No bloat, no nonsense. Simple, clear instructions beautifully delivered. You're doing the Lord's work, my friend. Thank you!

[SpittinSquirell]

Thank you. I installed a new m.2 SSD and I could not figure out why it was not showing up. Very helpful and this was a very quick process. Everything worked just as you said!

[ThePatrickzimm]

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[boundry]

Thank you. I truly am a techno-idiot. I needed extra storage on my ACE Magician Mini computer. So I bought a Crucial BX500 SSD card. Once I got it I realized that I didn't have a clue how to get it up and running. So I went to YouTube seeking help and found you. Thanks to your clear instructions I was able to get my Crucial up and running within a few minutes.

[smitty]

Thank you for the instructions. I purchased a Crucial 1TB SSD for my daughter so she could have extra storage for her photography hobby. Very clear and precise. Thanks again.

[chiknbasket]

Only ever used a single HDD/SSD until now and wanted to make sure I didn't mess anything up with having Windows recognize and format the 2nd drive, wonderful guide, extremely straightforward and helpful, thank you so much for the quick and to the point guide!

[Duck-xsoe]

Appreciate the guide!
Very much a newbie at setting up PCs myself, this guide made it easy to understand - straight to the point, while not "cutting corners" or being too fast

[codycook]

YT is literally the best thing ever! I just finished building my first PC today and I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about all this. I struggled updating the BIOS, YT comments helped. Struggled getting my wifi to work, YT comments helped. Then I couldn't find my 2tb SSD on it anywhere, this video helped! Thanks for the vid!

[michaelbayona]

Thank you, appreciate you getting right to the point and explaining clearly.

[fcwiid]

I cannot even describe how thankful I am for this video! I recently purchased a new laptop which only contained a hard drive. I took it to a computer service shop and added a nvme for the main functions in order to speed up the laptop as I have to use it for work. When I got it back, only the nvme drive showed up in "This PC." I knew the hard drive wasn't removed because it still showed in "Device Manager." As someone who doesn't know too much about computers, this video showed me how to finally access my hard drive for extra storage. Thank you so much!

[wenn]

My disk is not initialize and I tried to repair the MBR of it with partition assistant ao mei, it works well.

[TurboLingaLanguages]

Wow... such specific instructions... new drive installed in my computer on first go, no issues, in 3 minutes flat. This is the very best type of YT tutorial, thank you, my friend!!

[darcytaylor-roberts]

Thank you for the amazingly informative video. This made installing a new storage drive in my laptop a lot less stressful.

[Qbed]

Thanks a lot for the great video! The explanation was clear and easy to follow. It helped me quickly install and activate my second drive on my Windows 11 PC without any issues. Great job on the detailed instructions, you really made the process easier. Keep up the awesome work with these helpful videos!

[jemerickvargas]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Straight to the point, you helped me a lot. First time doing this, I'm glad I decided to check here before doing something dumb. I wish you a great weekend!!!

[madferretattack]

I know nothing about PCs and got a hand-down for some casual gaming. The person recommended I get an SSD, and man was I confused when I installed the hardware and nothing was showing up in the system... This was super helpful and dummy-proof! Thank you for a great video!

[DiekVerke]

Thank you! Easy to follow and clear explanation 👍

[robertp]

Hi Ken; and thank you very much.
I'm new to WINDOWS 11 ... I just purchased a Kamrui MINI-PC and added a 2.5" SSD (my gosh, the SSDs are so much faster than HDD).
Your tutorial was concise and clear... I appreciate the helpfulness. (and I've subscribed) !