Atticus Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I've heard differing opinions on how much one should fill up hard drives, and am seeking a little input from those with past experiences re same. I try to keep my main C hard drive at or below 50-75%, but I've bought an external hard drive for torrents and some backups, and am wondering how much I should fill it up before moving on to a second external. Thoughts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 at the moment, i have 7GB free out of 40... usually keep it around there most times Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 If you have a lot of RAM (and thus your computer won't have to page stuff onto the hard drive) then the % shouldn't matter so long as it's not in the high nineties. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I stop at 13% empty for some reason that I completely made up at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 If you have a lot of RAM (and thus your computer won't have to page stuff onto the hard drive) then the % shouldn't matter so long as it's not in the high nineties. Exactly - If you have 1-2 gig of ram, I would turn your page file off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 I will first have to determine what a page file is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I will first have to determine what a page file is.linky Wait, sorry. I thought you said "pageophile." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I will first have to determine what a page file is.a.k.a. swap file. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 linkyWait, sorry. I thought you said "pageophile." ba dum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I will first have to determine what a page file is. http://www.theeldergeek.com/paging_file.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tandylacker Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Not to be a negative nancy, but watch out with those external hard drives. Unless you spend lots of money, they are typically not as reliable as your computer's hard drive may be... I put alot of my torrent stuff on DVDs. Holds lots of space and I trust a DVD over external hard drives. Cheaper too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 Not to be a negative nancy, but watch out with those external hard drives. Unless you spend lots of money, they are typically not as reliable as your computer's hard drive may be... I put alot of my torrent stuff on DVDs. Holds lots of space and I trust a DVD over external hard drives. Cheaper too. thanks for the advice. I do have a dvd burner, so I'll have to look into that. Do you use any specific storing software when doing this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 get Nero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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