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 initialization method

Creating new partitions

Add new disk summary