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Chances are that all too soon you??™ll find yourself running out of space on your
PC. When this happens, you can attach an external hard disk via USB easily
enough, but in many cases a better solution is to add a new internal hard disk
to your PC.
If your PC can contain only one hard disk, you??™ll need to replace the existing
disk??”and then either reinstall Windows on the new disk or clone your existing operating
system installation to the new disk. But if you can add a hard disk to your existing
disk, the upgrade is faster and more convenient, and you??™ll end up with even more
hard disk space.
Step 1: Check How Many Hard Disks Your
PC Has??”and How Many It Can Have
Your first step is to check how many hard disks your PC currently has??”and how many
disks it can hold. If you have a laptop, you can probably skip this step, because almost
all laptops contain only a single hard disk. If you have one of the monster laptops that
can contain two or more hard disks, you probably are well aware of the fact because
the manufacturer likely trumpeted it to the skies??”and that may even be one of the
reasons you decided to buy this particular laptop.
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Similarly, if you have a standard model of desktop PC, most likely it has a single
disk. But if you??™re not sure, or if you want to make sure that the hard disk doesn??™t
contain unused space on which you could create another drive, follow these steps:
Press WINDOWS KEY??“R.
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