Fitting an extra hard drive to the Pavilion p6-2033de

I would very much like to fit an extra hard drive to this machine (SSD). Can you tell me what I need to do ? There does not appear to be an extra bay for another hard drive although there is certainly a spare SATA connector on the motherboard and a spare power connector. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.
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Hi,
Your PC is not provisioned for multiple hard drives.
If you don't use your optical drive then remove it and use a 5.25" to 2.5" adapter. You can always obtain an external adapter or enclosure for the optical drive.
Use a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter and fasten the SSD to the bottom of the PC.
This Dual 3.5" HD stacking bracket along with a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter might work.
You might be able to bolt the SSD to the area just above the hard drive. Try aligning the SSD from inside the fame to some of the existing holes. This thread may give you some ideas.
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So either way I will always be able to fit a 2nd hard drive in there?
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