“Is this easy enough to figure out for an amateur to install as a replacement hard drive in a Windows 10 Pavilion 570-p064? Or should I get assistance? I'm savvy just not techy, I've changed out the fans in this PC, but now it needs more disk space.”
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Hi Breezy, Please know that WD Mainstream Desktop is a storage drive and has 3.5 Inch form factor. The drive is easy to install on the PC. In case of an issue you can contact us for help. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Check that the computer has an empty bay for the disk drive and has spare power cable and data cable for the disk drive. If it does the install is very simple. Attach Four screws and plug in two cables. Only takes a few minutes. Should be lots of how to videos online
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, it is relatively easy to do. hd is a 3.5" internal drive. need a sata power cable. need a sata data cable. make sure your power is off to you pc and plug removed. use a ground strap or repeatedly touch the metal of your desktop to stop the static charge from killing the hd. plug one end of the sata data cable to a motherboard sata data slot, and the other end into the back of the harddrive. take one end of the sata power cable and plug into the power supply harness and the other end into the back of your harddrive. write down the info off of the hd, serial and model number. once you have the hd wired up then turn you computer on and tap the delete key repeatedly to access the system bios to see if the new hd is recognized by your computer bios. if you bios sees the hd then your oper sys will see it also. restart your computer and boot into the oper sys. go to the oper sys control panel, then pick administrative tools, then pick disk management, should see your new hd listed, then format the drive using ntfs partition which can be good for the 1tb hd. drive will be ready to use. good luck.
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