Getting a new HDD.

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So, I need to get a new C: drive soon, and new HDDs in general, because I need more space...very, very badly.

What is the best way to go about doing this? I have 3xWD5000AAKS drives which have my stuff on them. I need a bigger drive for C though especially..can I buy a terabyte and somehow transfer everything to it without re-formatting or something of the sort? What drives should I go for? I figure another drive the same as my 3 would be pointless since they are not in RAID and I probably won't put them in RAID. I want to stick with WD though- only other brand would be Samsung.
 
I'd just get a terabyte HDD or two and use it as storage. Provided you've got enough SATA connectors, all you have to do is install it, go into Windows' drive manager, and format it, then move everything over to it.
 
Yeah, I've got enough. I'm famililar with installing and everything, but my main questions were if I could somehow move everything from my current C drive onto the terabyte or whatever drive I happened to get (2nd question...get identical or TB drives) without re-formatting.

Also..since my 3 drives are the same make and model...are they worth anything? As in, could I get a TB drive or two for a trade or something?
 
Yes, you can clone your existing C: to a new TB drive and then dump the contents of the other two drives into the remaining space (assuming there is enough room). There are several free tools available that will help you accomplish this and preserve your OS install.

I don't think your drives being the same make/model makes them worth any more. It might be attractive to someone who plans to run them in a RAID array...otherwise they'll just command fair market value. I definitely wouldn't expect to be able to trade those for 2TB worth of storage without adding some cash or something else to make the trade even.
 
Yeah I didn't think so either, but it was worth a shot. Well thanks then, I'll look into those- any recommendations? I'll just be using the terabyte as a C drive and the other 3 as RAID.
 
Western Digital has a program that will clone with the disk, as will Acronis.

I prefer the WD10EADS myself.
 
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