HDD
Good (at my) evening! I want to reinstall Windows soon (from 32 bit to 64 bit). Naturally I decided to throw everything on a new hard drive (which I am going to buy). But then a question arose. Maybe it’s better to buy another internal (I don’t remember exactly what it’s called) hard drive and put everything on it. But then there will be more memory in the computer. Or is it better to buy an external one? And I also wanted to know if I throw everything off on the HDD, what about the games? I can then throw them back, without losing data?Why buy something? Divide the disk into two logical ones (C and D usually), drop everything you need on the new created (D), and reinstall the system partition (C, on which Windows). During installation, of course, do not touch section D, only C. You can do this even with the built-in Windows tools (control panel -> administration -> computer management -> disk management). Although, of course, if there is no knowledge, then it is better not to touch anything there, otherwise you will not end up with hemorrhoids.
Well, if you feel that you need a second CDM and the funds allow, then go ahead. And which one you need (internal or external) is known only to you. The external one is like a big flash drive, the internal one is more reliable and efficient, and the connection interface is different. Depends on tasks and area of ​​application.
Timur Semishev
If the funds allow - buy a small SSD for the system and games (provided that you will not install a lot at once), with a good guarantee (at least 3 years, even better 5). Leave the HDD for data storage. I did it myself - I don’t regret it, the computer started to work "faster" than on the HDD (although I have WD Black).
What is meant by "flip games"? - some can be launched from the installed folder (even when moving to another partition / disk), provided that most of the necessary data is stored in the same folder. But there is a chance that some will not start - often games create additional folders in the system partition and registry entries, without which they "do not want" to start. Some games (especially old ones) may not start due to the change in system bit depth from 32 to 64 bits.