Add SSD Drive in 2nd Bay

I have a new DV7-6C95DX on which I installed Windows 8. I'd like to add an SSD from NewEgg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8​2E16820239046
Does anyone know what wiring I will need to accomplish this, the 2nd drive bay appears empty with no place connect a new hard drive.
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If you want to take advantage of the performance boost of the SSD then I suggest that you use the SSD as the boot disk.
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    And finally, replaced the DVD drive with the new 240GB SSD drive, slapped the machine back together half way just enough to power it up, cloned the osx hard drive to the SSD drive, "option-restart" the machine and booted from the new SSD drive, everything working as it should.
    I even dismounted the orginal internal hard drive holding the osx, and ran the system to ensure everything worked, which it did.
    Next, tore the iMac back down, replaced the 2TB hard drive with a new 3TB hard drive, and for a final time slapped the system back together.
    Everything is operating perfect,
    Naturally, had to format the new 3TB hard drive, and will move all my iTunes media back to that new drive I had temporally stored on an external USB drive.
    Fans are all running at normal speeds.
    System is once again silent when running.
    And this is the last and final time I will ever upgrade this particular machine sober.
    Just some advice, this is some of the unforeseen mishaps that can occur when upgrading any iMac.
    And this could have ended in disaster.
    Luckily however, I had just enough luck and experience to get thru the hurdles, now I have a better, bigger, faster iMac.
    Like they say, this self upgrading is not for the faint of heart.
    For awhile I seen myself listing this on eBay as a dead 27" late 2009 iMac for sale for parts.
    Not the case, well at least not the case this time....

    Congratulations on not panicing and stating it like it is. Clearly upgrading the internals of an iMac is not for the faint of heart, I plan on keeping your post if for no other reason to show others why a do-it-yourself on an iMac is a pretty foolish thing to undertake.

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