how do I upgrade my pc from 40 gig to say 80 + gig?

Question

how do I upgrade my pc from 40 gig to say 80 + gig, and how hard is it, and how much will it cost ?

Answer 1

not that much just get you a 80 gig and make it a slave and keep your 40 as the master then you will have 120 gig the wiring is done there,but you will need to know if it is a sata hard drive or a standard hard drive is it a new computer,
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Answer 2

get yourself a hardrive.. dur

you can get 300gb internal hardrive for about $100-$150 bux depending on if good sales are up. All you do is plug in 3 wires, and set the setting to either M, S, or A which is Master, Slave, or Alt. respectively. These three wires have only one place to connect so it wont be hard + the box will come with instructions.

Internal is also cheaper than external drives. External = waste of money. You can make an internal drive into external by using the casing.

Get this crap at CompUSA.com, or Fry's Electronics. You can even goto www.bensbargains.net to see who has the best deals.

Answer 3

I'm guessing you are wanting to add storage space? Just add a second hard drive. You can buy an external drive and just plug it in via USB if you don't want to install an internal drive. No trouble at all. Shop online for the best deal. You can get a nice external 40 GB hard drive for $100.00 or so. More for larger capacity. If you're in a hurry most any computer store can set you up. Even Fred Meyer stores have them in the camera/computer department. Best Buy, Comp USA, all those places.
If you want a really small drive get an external notebook drive. Very small and portable. A little more money though.

Answer 4

Easiest may be just to buy an external hard drive. Those are extremely easy to use as all you have to do is plug it into the computer and it shows up as an additional drive on your machine. You could probably get as much as 160GB for around $100. Look around some online stores or go to a computer store in your area.

If you don't know that much about computers - and I suspect that's the case or you wouldn't be asking this question - I really would avoid opening up your machine and fiddling with the insides. The solution I mention above allows you to sidestep that.

Answer 5

If you have a desktop with a space for a second hard drive fit a second hard drive, check your system with a free scan from crucial or click on your system information Cost of hard rives £30 upwards, Or you could buy an external hard drive check out PC world on the net

Answer 6

You'll need to either replace the old drive or you can add the new one as a slave.

That means the new one will be just for storage. I'd advise running the OS from the old drive unless it's too slow.

If you want to run the OS from the new drive then you'll have to reinstall windows and all the software.

Answer 7

is not hard at all, just buy a new hard drive of 80 Gb and put it near the other one. It shouldn't cost much a new harddrive - 50 $

Answer 8

Bring your PC to a computer store to upgrade for you. But ofcourse upgrading yourself is much more cheaper if you know how. 80gb ranges from $40 - $85 US dollars.

Answer 9

The extreme information is the photos card. Photoshop will run on your workstation whether you're making use of an integrated photos chip yet quite severe photos will take it sluggish to render. you may improve the RAM to a minimum of 1024 MB and in case you have an open video slot (AGP or PCI-show) improve your photos from the integrated photos chip if that's what you have.

Answer 10

if you are talking harddrive, which you probably are, you'll have to save all of your files that you want to keep to disks, then go and by the size of harddrive you want (they can get pretty pricey, i don't know exact prices, though i hear newegg.com is pretty good). you'll either have to open up your comp yourself, or get it done at a computer store. if you open it up yourself, you'll have to look for the device inside which looks like your new harddrive, then unplug the wires from it, and plug the wires into the new one after putting it the old one's place. i bet you'll have better instructions in the harddrive box than these though.