need to install two hard drives

i need exact instructions how to install two hard drives.i already have the first one in..its a maxtor 80 gig.its not my computer so the master is on the hard drive and the other is slave to cdrom.on the other slot one runs to the dvd rom...so how do i put these cables ..do i hook the two hard drives up and one as master and the other as slave and do i hook the dvd and cdrom together and then what..im not computer illiterate if this helps but never did a job like this before.thanks in advance

I need the exact same solution. Same as the person above, I am not computer illiterate, and I assembled my current computer. However, I am clueless as far as connecting the two hard drives. Any help would be very much appreciated. BTW: I at first disconnected the slaved disk drive (not much use for it except for a DOS bootdisk) and tried connecting that to the HD, and didn't work.

I would put the optical drives on one channel (cable), and the hard drives on the other. Set one to master, other to slave. If you can't change how the first cable is set up, just hook the new hdd on with the dvd, set one master, the other slave. If you already have installed an OS and everything, you should be able to boot, the second drive should be detected, then you need to format and partition and you're all set.

thanks a million...worked great and everything looks good.