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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: duffy1963 on March 14, 2007, 05:59:20 PM

Title: How full should you have with a hard drive?
Post by: duffy1963 on March 14, 2007, 05:59:20 PM

I have three computers all with 30 gb hard drives.  Two desk top, one lap top.  What would be the max that you would want to fill up the hard drive before if could mess with the computer operation?

Thanks,

Duffy

Title: Re: How full should you have with a hard drive?
Post by: patio on March 14, 2007, 06:31:19 PM

My rule of thumb is 15% of the total drive should remain free space.

So for a 30 G HDD it should be a minimum of about 5 or 6 G....

HDD's are relatively inexpensive these days. Upgrade.  ;D

Title: Re: How full should you have with a hard drive?
Post by: CBMatt on March 14, 2007, 07:24:23 PM

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My rule of thumb is 15% of the total drive should remain free space.

So for a 30 G HDD it should be a minimum of about 5 or 6 G....

HDD's are relatively inexpensive these days. Upgrade.  ;D

And then you could have your old 30GB HDD as a backup slave drive for some extra just-in-case space.

Title: Re: How full should you have with a hard drive?
Post by: duffy1963 on March 14, 2007, 10:00:58 PM

Thanks,  I am thinking about the upgrade to an external so that it can be shared between the 3 computers.  Our local Circuit City has a Western Digitial 500G on sale now.  

I was asking wondering how much I might move over to the external.