Can I add another harddrive?

[LegendaryPow]

Hey guys, I have a 500gb hard drive from my old computer atm I have 3tb, but anyway I was just wondering if you can add another harddrive if so, will it come up as a different , (example: Mine is atm WINDOWS (C So if I put it in will it come up seperate or will it join windows (C?) It's doesn't come up as a smiley face it's this C : ) But all together.

 

[dmitche3]

Well, yes. Most often the answer is yes. The only question I would ask is if you are pushing your power supply. How many watts is it and what video cards, CPU, DVD/CD etc. is installed. Assume that it is 400 Watts or higher no problem added just a second drive. If it is less than 400Watts there might be a small chance of a problem but just a small chance.

The drive will show up as a separate drive letter. If you format with a Linux partition Windows will pretty much ignore it. If you format with an NTFS file system then the drive letter will be assigned and Windows will access it.

 

[USAFRet]

Is this a laptop or a desktop?

If a desktop, no prob.
If a laptop, only if it actually has the space and connection for another drive.

 

[LegendaryPow]

Ok mine is a desktop, I'm not sure how many watts of power but my CPU is a AMD A10 6700K Graphics card is Radeon hd 8570

 

[dmitche3]

You're probably 99% okay. I would be pretty shocked if you ran into a problem.

 

[LegendaryPow]

Cool thanks guys will do it asap