Extension of hard disks on a Mac Pro 2008

Hi friends,

I want to add two internal hard drives in my Mac Pro early 2008.

I was wondering if you might have experience with this, please.

There are 4 hard drive bays, of which 3 are already used. I would like to add an additional drive, and I don't know if I should replace one of the existing players or is there another way to add a 5th disc. Is there room for an extra hard drive in an optical extra hard drive that is not used?

This is a 2 x 3 GHz Quad - Core Intel Xeon (2008) Mac Pro.

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Bridget

You can add a ssd drive to lower the front optical drive Bay.

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