What is the best way to expand my hard disk size?

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I have a Dell desktop I bought in 2003. It came with only 30GB which is almost completely full. How do I expand? Thing is I have 2 drives and no more open slots in my tower. Maybe I should get an externally connected hard disk? :help:
 
well you can use Windows utility Disk Cleanup...that could free up some space.
or you can also use the Disk Defrag (Start –> Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools –> Disk Defragmenter)

but your best bet is to get an external hard disk :shrug:
 
or throw out one of your old internal disks and buy a new one.

much less trouble if you just buy an external, though. mind you, it will be slower than an internal.
 
xaviMF22 said:
well you can use Windows utility Disk Cleanup...that could free up some space.
or you can also use the Disk Defrag (Start –> Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools –> Disk Defragmenter)

Yeah I use both of those every now and then. :wink:

See, I have 2 drives.. one is dvd/cd-r and the other is cd-rw. I guess I could remove the dvd drive and just watch dvds on my dvd player. That way I could use that slot for a new hard drive, right? :hmm:

If that fails, I could always plug in an external one.
 
solution: plug in an external hd.

all the other stuff is not worth the hassle.


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xaviMF22 said:

External Hardisk FTW.

FTW :lol: I love that acronym!

Thanks guys for your help! :hug: Now I need to shop for an external drive. About 50GB maybe? :hmm: Wonder how much they cost..
 
Wow that's a lot of freakin hard disk! I'm looking at Circuit City online myself right now. Nothing is less than 80 bucks! :lol: I don't wanna throw too much money on this either!

And I'm not going for anything with mail in rebate! Circuit City owes me a $30 rebate they promised when I bought my flat screen Samsung monitor back in sept or oct 06. :mad:
 
Zootlesque said:
Wow that's a lot of freakin hard disk! I'm looking at Circuit City online myself right now. Nothing is less than 80 bucks! :lol: I don't wanna throw too much money on this either!

And I'm not going for anything with mail in rebate! Circuit City owes me a $30 rebate they promised when I bought my flat screen Samsung monitor back in sept or oct 06. :mad:

cheapskate :wink:
 
I've got a 160gb Seagate external that I've used about 90-95gb on already...and I got it for my birthday in October :ohmy: But, it's really used for backing up my iTunes library (21gb) and all of the torrents I download go on there...you'd be surprised how fast it goes away.

Enjoy it Zoots! Soooooo much space to do whatever you want with it :wink:
 
Another suggestion, if I may (not just for Zootles):

1. Buy a smaller external drive (say 50-60 gb) and copy over all files to it

2. Buy a larger internal drive (200 + gb) and replace your old one

Internal drives are always quite a bit cheaper than external ones and then you still have the external drive for back-up purposes after the fact...
 
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