uuid actually shouldn't be needed

yes

wmic is dark magic, very spooky

If it still says the same thing

Then we have a small problem

Do I need to type the “ ‘ “ for cmd.exe?

no

Okay

How important is all of this to my original question about storage space?

OEM is a special kind of license for windows that ties it to the motherboard forever

I feel like we’re back tracking quite a bit

Your storage space is limited in part by the number of SATA ports on the motherboard

Okay so not all hard drives are compatible with every motherboard?

You can only have one hard drive per port

All drives should be compatible

Nonono

Windows key + r at the same time on your desktop

That will make the run box

ah okay

I have no idea why they want powershell as the command line

We want command prompt

this didn't work either

So at this point the only way to figure it out would be opening the case which I don't recommend for this, or asking who you bought it from

OEM licenses are meant for places like Dell and HP

okay, that seems like the better alternative.

I appreciate the help, thank you

Anyways, as long as you have a free SATA port, and a 3.5" port, you can install a hard drive of the HDD or SSD (don't get an SSD with 4 TB) variety. 2.5" gets you SSDs, and m.2 slots on the motherboard will let you use those

m.2 slots also don't use SATA ports

As for which HDD to pick, the higher the RPM, the faster it will be.

5200 is the slowest you should go, 5400 is very slow, and the 7K range will be quite fast for an HDD

Typically, you want to weigh what gets stored on them too- a photo album can take super low RPMs for higher capacity, while games demand higher speeds from SSDs if they have a lot of or big assets in them.

Hard drives of the disk sort (HDDs) can be thought of as small magnetic record players so to get to the data you want, they have to spin to it, and use a metal arm inside to read the data.

SSDs work like big flash drives and can almost instantly access data within themselves in comparison

m.2 systems are basically just cooler SSDs

They will wear sunglasses on a night operation

If a friend *built* it for him, you don't need an uuid since it's a custom config anyway. Download cpu-z to figure out the model of that mobo. Unless you feel adventurous and like opening the case.

My two bits about drives: Only use 5400 RPM ones for passive things like photos or movies you just need to store somewhere. Anything you access actively, 7200. Some people use SSDs for that too, personally I'm not there ...yet <:Veemote:501103628883591188>

There are two types of SSDs, little boxes and little sticks. Sticks go into a slot on the motherboard, not all motherboards have that. Don't worry, unless you demand super mega blazing speeds, it's not necessary. I got a normal sata box ssd and my system still boots in about 9 seconds.

I did say he didn't need uuid somewhere in there