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

[Zoots]

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?

 

[xaviMF22]

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

 

[U2Man]

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.

 

[Zoots]

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.

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?

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

 

[U2Man]

solution: plug in an external hd.

all the other stuff is not worth the hassle.


/thread

 

[xaviMF22]

solution: plug in an external hd.

all the other stuff is not worth the hassle.


/thread

I second this post

External Hardisk FTW.

 

[Zoots]

External Hardisk FTW.

FTW I love that acronym!

Thanks guys for your help! Now I need to shop for an external drive. About 50GB maybe? Wonder how much they cost..

 

[xaviMF22]

FTW I love that acronym!

Thanks guys for your help! Now I need to shop for an external drive. About 50GB maybe? Wonder how much they cost..

50gb can fill up quickly believe me.....
I recomend getting this one

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...f32b010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&reqPage=Model

200gb FTW .

 

[love2bmama]

FTW=??

 

[Zoots]

for the win!

 

[xaviMF22]

FTW=??

Free The Whales

 

[love2bmama]

free the whales, of course! why didn't I think of that?

 

[Zoots]

50gb can fill up quickly believe me.....
I recomend getting this one

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...f32b010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&reqPage=Model

200gb FTW .

Cool but it doesn't say how much it is.

 

[xaviMF22]

Cool but it doesn't say how much it is.

it kind of depends where you buy it..
I got mine at Radio Shack for $250...
at 400gb..totally worthed

 

[xaviMF22]

look at these

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Seag...62965/catOid/-12973/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

500gb


http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...=335865&Pn=Pushbutton_Backup_300GB_Hard_Drive

 

[Zoots]

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! 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.

 

[xaviMF22]

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! 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.

cheapskate

 

[Zoots]

cheapskate

Hey I'm not made of money!

I see a Seagate one on Comp USA for $109. 160GB. That's more than enough I think.

 

[xaviMF22]

Hey I'm not made of money!

I see a Seagate one on Comp USA for $109. 160GB. That's more than enough I think.

160gb sounds good

 

[onebloodonelife]

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 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

 

[RedRocksU2]

Zoot, I am in the same scenario.
Good feedback!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

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...