A Beginners Guide: Upgrade Your PC Storage - How to install M.2 SSD, 2.5' SSD & 3.5' Hard Drive

I know saving files (i.e. pictures, videos, music, etc.) to the cloud is all the rage these days but sometimes you need, or just want, more local storage at home on your PC. Maybe you're wanting to speed up your computer by upgrading your old mechanical HDD (hard drive) to a snappy new SSD (Solid State Drive)? Or you want more storage space for your favorite games? In this video I go over the things you need to know to install, initialize and format the 3 most common storage drives on the market today. First you'll see how to install a M.2 NVME SSD (which is super easy by the way) then a 2.5 inch SATA SSD and finally a 3.5 inch SATA Hard Drive. After installing your new drive before it will even show up in Windows Explorer and allow you to save anything to it you'll need to initialize and format your new drive and I show you how to do that as well. Get ready to enjoy your new drive because you're going to have it up and running in no time. :)

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0:00 - Getting started
1:23 - 1st steps
3:02 - How to install a M.2 NVME SSD
6:00 - How to initialize new drive
7:05 - How to format your new drive
8:11 - How to install a 2.5" hard drive or SSD
10:26 - How to install a 3.5" hard drive
12:35 - Shameless plug for my next video
12:52 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)

Music in this video -

"Finding Me" by Eveningland from the YouTube Creator Studio Music Library

#SSD, #Mdot2, #HDD, #Upgrade

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Wanna skip to a particular part of the video? Use the Time Stamps. :)

Time Stamps

0:00 - Getting started
1:23 - 1st steps
3:02 - How to install a M.2 NVME SSD
6:00 - How to initialize new drive
7:05 - How to format your new drive
8:11 - How to install a 2.5" hard drive or SSD
10:26 - How to install a 3.5" hard drive
12:35 - Shameless plug for my next video
12:52 - Thanks for Watching! Like, Share, Comment & Subscribe! :)

[maumbu]

That's why I haven't been able to install the hard drive, I never bought it. Good thing I looked up this video.

[t-chan]

This helped a lot <3 Been stuck with 500gb over a year and been deleting games and reinstalling them later again but now finally, got more room thanks to this~

[kaleyummy]

Was stuck at the software portion here at home. Your video helped out a lot. Easy and straight forward. Thank you.

[fowl]

Thank you for making this! I've successfully installed my new 2TB SSD, despite me being a complete novice - thanks to this video I managed to not bugger it up! Thank for for making such a comprehensive and easy to understand video, it is especially appreciated the quality put in to make it so concise!

[asfandyarkakar]

Every time I watch your Videos, I get motivated to build my own pc. It is due to the fact that I learned so much from watching your beginners guides. Though where I am from Amazon is unavailable, and offline markets lacks the components which I need(they have pc parts but prices go over my budget).

[avanzero]

Gosh, this was so helpful! Thank you very much for your clear instructions and information! Saved me a lot of headache. I've been trying to find instructions precisely like this for a while.

[USMCarter]

My man, you were thorough yet broke it all down Barney style. Excellent video without to much added fluff but still the right amount. Thanks for this!

[marcusteodoro]

That was the kind of tutorial I was looking for! Thank you!

[rattlynanimations]

I've been trying to install my 2.5inch ssd with the cable and I can't describe I've been through dozens of videos that haven't explained it as clearly and thoroughly as you have. I appreciate your guidance with this video and the knowledge you helped me gain

[Hypercoreriper]

Helped a lot. No nonsense, easy to follow. Definitely gonna recommend this to anyone needing the info.

[goshiby]

You are great at explaining things my friend. You understand that not everyone knows all the terms about computers. Thank you friend for taking the time to teach us!! This helped me a lot.

[Peepypipe]

This was extremely helpful, I bought the WD 1TB ssd a while ago and was nervous about install. This video made install and setup extremely easy! Thank you for your time and help

[kropzu]

FINALLY! A person who explained everything in a clear way! Thank you so much :)

[minerlife]

well done! very easy to follow, explaining things clearly 👍🏼

[garryeverett]

Dude you're the man, just installed WD-SN770 using your video with no issues. Subscribed for sure. Keep up the good work

[sharifismailmohsin]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! It was very simple to understand. I use this as help to install my 2.5 SSD storage on my PC by myself, and it went smoothly with no problems at all.

[onewayprd]

Thank you so much! I luckily didn’t need a stand-off for my m.2 ssd because of the size of my m.2 slot!!!! You helped so much and saved me a lot of time!!!!

[lordpickle]

Woohoo, I bought a new 500 gig ssd today but wasn't sure how to install it. Watched this, followed your instructions and it worked. Many thanks.

[KaratCat]

I used this walkthrough a few months ago and it was so useful that I shared it with my sister so she could upgrade too!