Upgrading Your Hard Disk Drive

Upgrading Your Hard Disk Drive
Upgrading your PC's hard disk drive (see Figure 1.2) is probably the second most common
upgrade behind memory upgrades, largely because of the dramatic drop in hard disk pricing and
the increase in available hard disk sizes.
FIGURE 1.2.
You can never have too much disk storage space.
Upgrading a hard disk is also relatively easy. Although adding a larger hard disk drive might not
seem like a significant performance improvement, consider your own habits in file creation and
how often you acquire new programs you would like to try—especially if you regularly downloadshareware programs from the Internet.
If you once had or currently have a small hard disk, (small being defined as any hard disk
smaller than 1GB), and you regularly find yourself deleting files to make room for new files or
programs, then you can appreciate the performance improvement offered by the addition of a
larger hard disk