Adding a 2nd HDD

Hello All,
I recently acquired a mirror door G4 and want to add a HDD (I need more storage). Can someone steer me to an appropriate drive (make/model). (I'm sure I can install a 2nd HDD without destroying my machine -- the online instructions seem pretty much plug and play).
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.8f2
Serial Number: G8*
Thanx,
andy
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A few things determine it, on an IDE cable with 3 connectors, the middle blue one is for Slave, the black end one is for Master, many, but not all will use Cable Select to automatically set Master & Slave via the cable connection, but I've had IDE/ATA drives here I had to set Master & Slave jumpers, or Single if no Slave.

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Well, the B560 would work fine IMO. I have done it on my Y550. What you want to make sure is that your optical drive is not some kind of weird micro drive. Honestly, it's probably a standard sized DVD drive, to which any adapter would work. I picked up mine on eBay for about $20.
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2nd HDD not recognized in Win7 Disk Manager, Shows in Device Manager, BIOS, Win7 Repair CD

Hello,
I am trying to add a newly purchased HDD to my laptop as the secondary HDD. The primary is a 160 GB SSD.
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