Adding a new hard disk

If you do not have enough space for your data (e.g. family photos and videos), you can either replace the old disk with a new higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the computer has a bay for another disk, it would be easier to add a disk drive than to clone one.

To add a new disk, you must first install it in your PC.

To add a new hard disk:

If you use a 32-bit version of Windows XP, the wizard will not have the Initialization options step because this operating system does not support GPT disks.

In this section

Selecting a hard disk

Selecting initialization method

Creating new partitions

Add new disk summary