I have to take it down to my friend tomorrow ffff

Computer drive?

yeah

SATA and power cables are firmly plugged in?

the SATA was, but my friend at the computer store said I didn't need anything else?

Not sepeare from what's in your system, but you'll definitely need to hook it up to your PSU

hrmm

There will be a bunch of cables that come out of your power supply. Usually there's several free SATA power cables

yeah, I got that

And I plugged one of the SATAs in

Awesome. There should be a second cable too, that connects to the motherboard

There's one that connects to my other drive, but not a free one

Uho, there's your problem

If you put together your own computer, usually there's a bunch of extra cables in with your motherboard

I thiiiink if you get a drive in a fancy box, they'll include one too

nope

All of my drives I get OEM, so they're basically just a drive in a plastic bag

no fancy box

Yush

yeah that's how i got mine

Yeah, you're going to need to hit up a computer store and just get a basic SATA cable

Best Buy and the like will carry them, but they're usually way cheaper at small computer parts stores

ohhhhh

(or hit up your friend at the store and see if you can snag one for free)

images17.newegg.com/is/i... this is what you mean right

Bingo!

Sometimes one of the ends will have a right-angle plug, but that's definitely it

see when he said sata, i thought he meant - i guess it's the power?

cuz it says sata on it

one end into your drive, the other will hook into your motherboard (there's probably an empty plug near where your existing drives are plugged in)

Yeah, it can be a bit confusing

Okay I think I get it now

THANK YOU ;;

ANYTIME

I unhooked my other cd drive and plugged it in but apparently i need software to play blu-rays which

idfk

If you aren't sure what to do when you get your cable, ping me

i will

Yeah there's some you can download, just poke around

I think .... what's that one with the security cone for an icon

vlc?

Yes! iirc, that one will play DVDs and Blu-rays

For encrypted blurays, this seems recommended

i'll give it a shot

VLC isn't working, so I'll have to go get the SATA tomorrow and see if I can't pick up some decent software or sth