[header] How to install an ssd into a desktop computer [title] Make sure your computer is fully powered off. [step] Do this by clicking the windows icon in the lower left, and then selecting " shut down. " [title] Remove the cables attached to your computer. 
[step] Once your computer is off, you need to remove all the cables from the back of your cpu tower. [substeps] To easily remember where all the cables should go, take a picture of the cables while they are still hooked up and use it as an easy reference when you place them back again later.