How to Add and Remove an External Hard Drive

Add an External Hard Drive

Adding a hard drive simply means establishing connection between the external hard disk and the computer. You don't need to install any compatible drivers for the external hard drive to run. Just plug in its cable in the USB socket on the CPU. It will automatically get installed and connected. The installation process would hardly take around 30 seconds after it is connected to the PC. In many cases, an auto-play window appears which has an option to view the contents or play them in a particular audio or video player. If this window does not appear, you may go to the 'My Computer' option to view the external hard drive. It would be displayed as a removable drive that can be used for transferring data. You can then use it to cut, copy, delete, or paste any kind of data.

Remove an External Hard Drive

When the external hard drive is connected to the computer, a specific icon will appear on the right side of the taskbar below. You need to follow the recommended procedure to remove it properly. If it is just pulled out from the USB socket without ejecting it from the program, it may be damaged. You can eject it by right-clicking on the drive icon in the 'My Computer' window, or by right-clicking on the taskbar icon too.

I hope by now you must have learned how to use an external hard drive. Before purchasing one, make sure how much storage capacity you would need. If you're not sure about how much space your data will consume, just request the salesperson to help you out as to how much memory would you actually need. Using an external hard drive is certainly as simple as using a pen drive.

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