Second HDD installation

[Jackbean]

Hi Guys,

Recently I had used up my harddisk space. Initially, I had brought a small space storage and i thought it was enough for my work. Lately, the storage had been used up and I am thinking of buying a second storage.

Therefore my question is: If i am to buy a second internal HDD, the installation would just be wiring it up and activate the harddisk in the disk management only? There is no need for reformatting right?

 

[jtjt00]

Yes, you need to format as new drive is raw.

 

[Jackbean]

Yes, you need to format as new drive is raw.

Alright I think i understand what you are saying. Thanks alot!

 

[Sarbmariner]

You will need to initialize the disk, select between GPT and MBR and then perform a quick format on it in order for it to be used.

Most external hard drives come pre-formatted, however if you bought "just an internal drive", it almost certainly will have to be initialized and formatted.

All the best!

 

[Allanlee82]

But make sure u have the extra sata connector for it, some prebuilt system only has 2,one for ssd/hdd 1 for cd/dvd rom. In this case u might need to change the psu