I’m getting a 2nd hard drive, modular, to slip into my Dell Inspiron 8200 since I’ve run out of space due to graphics files. Existing drive is 30 GB and new drive is 80 GB.
My first thought was to just copy a lot of the large graphics folders tothe second hard drive and then delete from the original 30 GB drive which will remain in the machine. I suppose I’d “Cut” them from C drive and “Paste” to the new drive/volume.
1. Is that all that would be recommended?
2. Do I need or should I consider, installing an OS on this second drive?
3. Also, what is the simplest way to make sure it’s formatted the same as my existing hard drive (which I think is NTFS, but, sorry to say, I can’t remember how to determine this).
4. How do I reformat the new modular drive if necessary?
5. Anything else I need to be aware of/consider?
Thanks very much for any and all help,
Win