Should I purchase another hard drive for my Sony PC so that I am able to make DVD movies?

Question

I am learning that I am out of Disc space on my hard drive. Now I am unable to burn the files. Should I purchase another harddrive? Can you install two hard drives in the same computer? would they confuse everythings else? What is recommended? I have a Sony PC Desktop?

Answer 1

It doesn't really matter what desktop you've got, as long as you've got space (either EIDE or SATA) to host another drive. Typically a pc can hold at least 4 EIDE drives. You've indicated that you have 1 HD, how about cd/dvd-roms? If you only have 1 HD, it is more than likely you can fit another HD into your PC. Go to: http://www.bensbargains.net/category/37 and you'll find a lot of good deals on HD.

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You can also opt for an external HD (they aren't too expensive these days) to avoid the setup if you find it too complicated.

Answer 2

A desktop is quite easy to expand relative to a laptop. Unfortunately, you were not able to include important details like your CPU, current memory capacity and current size of hard drive.

Assuming your CPU is 1GHz or better, your memory (MBRAM) is 256 or better and that your current hard drive capacity is 40GB, then adding another 40 or 80GB hard drive with built-in memory like Seagate, for instance, will solve your dilemma.

I also suggest you separate the drive containing your OS (operating system) from your data and run regular maintenance on your drives like scan disk and defragment.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes, you can get an external harddrive.

Answer 6

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