Can I install another hard drive on a computer?

for additional memory of my laptop
Can I install another hard drive on a computer?
There almost certainly isn't room in the case for an extra hard drive (laptops generally only have room for a single drive).





You could replace your existing hard drive with one of higher capacity (although you would have to transfer all your data across after reinstalling your operating system).





You could also use an external hard drive (probably connecting via USB, but possibly also via Firewire).
Can I install another hard drive on a computer?
u can install as many as u want and see that u have a good support of ram,as it needs to be faster for searching or processing.


also if u are referring laptop u better consult from your purchasers
Reply:You may be able to get a replacement hard drive for your laptop, but this would mean re-installing the operating system. Some laptops provide the possibility to add a second internal hard disk in place of the CD ROM drive, but this is another trade-off. Your best bet is to get an external USB disk as one person has already suggested, one other advantage of this being that it will be a lot easier to access the files you store on it with other computers. There are some nice small ones available. Make sure the one you buy doesn't need an external power supply though or it will be a load more weight to lug about in the laptop bag.





The 1.8 inch drives are very dinky, check the link below
Reply:Because its a laptop there is only room for one hard drive. You can replace this hard drive with one that has more space although you would be getting rid of your original. Your best bet is to get a usb powered portable hard drive (external). Then you can keep your original hard drive as well as have a portable one. Some of these devices aren't even that big so you can transport them in your laptop case no problem, they almost act as a big usb key.
Reply:As has been said, laptops generally do not come with any extra space inside for additional hardware so the answer is no. However you do have options.


It is a very simple process to put as new, klarger capacity hard drive intio a laptop which is what I would recommend. If you don't feel like opening the laptop and learni g about how that is done yourself then you could take it to a shop to get them to do it for you (I would advise first buying the extra drive yourself and then you just pay the shop for fitting it...lower cost from them and for you overall) or you could look around at the different portable options available.


there are many USB operated external hard drives that you could think about. you could consider a USB Stick if they are of a large enough size for what you require? It seems the largest realistic size is 8Gb. Though there is a 64GB one that is unrealistically expensive!


Here are a couple of links to the largest USB sticks I could find:


16Gb:


http://www.kanguru.com/flashblu2.html


Average cheapo 8Gb:


http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/Transcen...





Portable/External hard Drives:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffalo-MiniStat...


http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WD...





I have to say that all of those options seems to be so much more expensive than the easiest one: Replacing the internal hard drive with a larger capacity one. I would recommend that is what you do. Don't worry about transferring the data from the drive you already have, on to a new one, it is a simple thing to do.


Just ask a question here and I will talk you through it if you like!