No satellite P770-111 no SATA cable to connect the 2nd HARD drive

Hello!

I bought by Satellite P770-111 3 days and was hoping to insert another HARD drive that I had in my old laptop.
OK, I opened the plastic cover on the bottom side of the laptop and there are 2 slots of HDD (2.5 ") but a single HARD disk.
A HARD disk that is currenty in the laptop's big 500 GB. I would like to install another, but there is a problem:
There is no cable to connect it to the motherboard SATA.

Basically, there are 2 slots hard drive but only a connection interface. Could you please tell me how could I install a 2nd HARD drive?

Thank you in advance!

Damjan

> there is no cable to connect it to the motherboard SATA.
The fact is that not all laptops of the same series of notebook models are equipped with the same motherboard and controllers of same.
This means that even if there is a second HARD-drive Bay, you will not be able to use a 2nd HARD drive. You know

The chassis is the same in all models of laptops but there are different motherboards and not all supported 2nd controller.

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