adding a second HDD

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rayz

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pardon the noobness,

what do i need to take into consideration when adding a second HDD to my system?

i was considering going with an external, but i don't really think that's necessary. should i be concerned about another heat source? my case maintains fairly cool temps as is. this is what i'm trying to accomplish in a nutshell....

i have a 2 year old, 320gb seagate that i don't trust. i am going to add a 1TB HDD to store music and video only. i will transfer all needed files from seagate to the new 1TB. in short time i will then replace the seagate with something more reliable to run my OS.
 
nope, plug it in.. power up.. format.. (do a long format).. annnnnd you're golden
 
I highly recommend the StarTech HSD100SATBK Trayless SATA Drive Bay as a removable-drive solution - if you don't want the second drive residual.

The bay physically resides in a 5" case bay, with SATA and 5V power to the device. The physical SATA drive becomes a plug-in device. 'Trayless' means simply that the drive needs no housing whatsoever. Plug in the drive, perform your backup operation, pull the drive - simple as that.

Hope this helps!
 
i'll probably just leave the drive in the case permanently as i'll be accessing files from it daily.

khanable, why do you suggest a long format?
 
rayz said:
i'll probably just leave the drive in the case permanently as i'll be accessing files from it daily.

khanable, why do you suggest a long format?
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The non-quick format performs a chkdsk sector check on the hard drive. May be a good idea to do it on the initial use of the drive.
 
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