Prerequisite for Adding New Desktop Hard Drive

Hard drives are the most important device of a computer, and when it comes to upgrading or changing your old Hard Disk Drive

or even adding a new one may seem to be a tedious task, but it’s not that difficult.

Few things that one needs to understand before buying a Hard Disk Drive conveniently known as HDD.

Don’t just go to an online shopping site and ask for 200 -350 GB HD or the best one.

First investigate your computer, check out how many Hard Disk Drives are present, one Hard disk Drive is common in most

computers.

Check if you have free port to connect new  Hard Disk Drive or else an External HDD can be used.

Find out what type of connector you are using to connect HDD and motherboard IDE (Parallel )

or SATA (Series) as shown in the image, and accordingly chose the type of hard drive you want.

If there is No free port available for a Hard Drive then a USB Hard Disk drive can also be used.

External USB can be  advantageous and can be easily connected and can be used on different

computers just by plugging in USB port. It can be carried anywhere you go and attach to

any computer.

One disadvantage is its speed, internal hard drive have greater speed than external Hard disk drive.

Now that you know the available space in the CPU and made up your mind on buying an Internal

Or  external HDD, and the type of connector to be used (IDE/SATA)  note – be  careful while

selecting the connectors you may end up buying a laptop connector instead of Desktop Hard Drive

connector.

Check if you have made a backup of all the files on a ROM or on the same hdd if you are replacing it with

new one (using compressed backup would be a good idea)

Depending upon the configuration of the system I have placed some example which may help you to

get the right Hard Disk Drive.

Possiblities that may match your choice while buying the correct HDD are as follows

Note: These are just suggestions and the user may check for some more options eg higher memory

or greater performance. This  example will help you target the correct and specific products.

If you are using a Notebook and  have a IDE connections and want 160GB storage

you can buy this  Hard Drive here.

If you are using a Notebook and have a SATA connections then for a 500GB storageyou may try Samsung Hard Drive

If you are using a Desktop Computer with IDE Connections then

Desktop hard drive from  Western Digital would be  the right option

External HDD can be used  for both Desktop hard drive  and Laptop Hdd, it has an USB

connection that can be used on any OS and is a  plugged and play device

I suggest  Filemate for this type .

To connect any desktop hard drive a technician can be a better choice if the user is not familiar with the hardware in the computer or has no idea of all the messy wires in it. however a careful study will help.

in case of notebook , hardware cannot be explored as it can be while  connecting  desktop hard drive

so notebooks can be replaced by submitting it to the Laptop  service station near your area.