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You can connect them whilst it's on with no risk, but Windows won't recognise the drive and ask to format it until you restart, so it's more practical to do it with the PC off.

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hopefully my 2nd internal hdd arrives later today, my question

is, Do i connect it all up whilst the PC is off then boot up, or does this not matter in any case??

 

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Connect them before turning on the system. You could do it while it's on if you use hotswap bays/ports but whether you'd want or not to is up to you.

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You can connect them whilst it's on with no risk, but Windows won't recognise the drive and ask to format it until you restart, so it's more practical to do it with the PC off.

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do while its off

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