Second HDD in Mini-Tower optiplex 3020
Is this possible?
What is needed and how to do it?
any advice appreciated
Hello
Thanks for writing on the Dell Community Forum.
The Optiplex 3020 supports two hard drives at a given point. You can either install two 3.5 "or two 2.5" or 3.5 "one & a 2.5" hard drives on the computer. Following table contains specifications of the hard drive that can be used.
MT
|
SFF
|
|
---|---|---|
Bay | ||
Supported optical drive Bay |
1 HH or 1 Slimline
|
1 Slimline
|
Supported hard drive Bay |
Two
|
One
|
Hard maximum supported players (3.5 "/ 2.5") |
2 x 3.5 "
2 x 2.5 " 1 x 3.5 "+ 1 x 2.5" |
1 x 3.5 "
1 x 2.5 " |
Interface | ||
SATA2.0 |
One
|
One
|
SATA3.0 |
Two
|
One
|
3.5 "hard drives | ||
1 TB SATA3 7200 RPM HDD |
Yes
|
Yes
|
500 GB SATA3 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Hard drives 2.5 " | ||
500 GB hybrid Solid State Drive SATA3 w / 8GB Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
500 GB SATA3 secure encrypted drive |
Yes
|
Yes
|
128 GB SATA3 Solid State Drive |
Yes
|
In order to install the secondary hard drive, will need you the hard drive carrier. Please check the Bay of hard drive if the hard drive carrier is already there. Please refer to page 16 of the manual from the link below for instructions on the assembly/disassembly of the drive:
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