Members GMOGreg Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 how much of your hard drive should you leave as free space?
Members Grumpy_Polecat Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 Depends a lot on what OS you have, but generally speaking when you get to 75% full you are headed for trouble.
Members Bassopotamus Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 The warning I keep getting says at least 2ooMB
Members GMOGreg Posted March 21, 2007 Author Members Posted March 21, 2007 Depends a lot on what OS you have, but generally speaking when you get to 75% full you are headed for trouble. I use XP and have a 74GB hard drive, so I should only use about 50GB? Also I don't do too much that requires a lot from the computer, I use the internet, word processors and play games such as RollerCoaster Tycoon (its only about 8 years old...) I ask because I'm moving across the country in a few months and I'm going to leave most of my cds with my Mom (I'm only taking a few small things, basically what I can bring with me by plane or train) so I'm trying to fit as many as possible on my CPU as mp3s.
Members BassMaster General Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 IIRC you need at least 25% empty to run a disk defrag.
Members Grumpy_Polecat Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 A 20gig drive should be fine to run XP and a few other programs, but you have to watch a few things, esp. keeping your cache cleared. IE has a secret cache that just pollutes your drive and remains hidden. You can go to PCpitstop and get it cleared. (This is Windows dirty little secret: 'cause sooner or later your system just craps on you and they hope you'll buy another machine instead of fixing the actual, built-in problem. (The one you didn't know about 'cause they hid it from you))
Members mrcrow Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 IIRC you need at least 25% empty to run a disk defrag. i think thats the clincher:thu:
Members SteveyDevey Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 I was thinking you needed more like 15% to defrag, but I could be wrong. Really though, if your drive is more than about 80%, I'd start thinking of backing things up to DVDs, or deleting unwanted files, or getting another drive.
Members lokidecat Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 lots. I try to leave 3x my swap file minimums. Which right now is 1.5GB, so I self-regulate to 4.5 GB free space minimum. If I get under that I start offloading to my network storage or burn DVDs of downloads. Right now, however... I have 121GB Free, so I'm doing just fine.
Members Rippin' Robin Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 I was thinking you needed more like 15% to defrag, but I could be wrong. Spot on. I need to get me a new hard drive. This one's an 80Gb model and I'm afraid it might croak one day.
Members guitargod0dmw Posted March 21, 2007 Members Posted March 21, 2007 I ask because I'm moving across the country in a few months and I'm going to leave most of my cds with my Mom (I'm only taking a few small things, basically what I can bring with me by plane or train) so I'm trying to fit as many as possible on my CPU as mp3s. Look into getting an external drive. They are getting cheap now. This way you'll be able to rip all of your music to it...
Members GMOGreg Posted March 21, 2007 Author Members Posted March 21, 2007 Look into getting an external drive. They are getting cheap now. This way you'll be able to rip all of your music to it... I forgot about my old hard drive.... I made it into an external one, I have to hook that up now and see how much space it has!
Members GMOGreg Posted March 23, 2007 Author Members Posted March 23, 2007 wow, WMA files are great. So far I have almost 140 of my cds on my computer and it's only taking up about 6.5 gb.
Members xOriginalNinjax Posted March 23, 2007 Members Posted March 23, 2007 wow, WMA files are great. So far I have almost 140 of my cds on my computer and it's only taking up about 6.5 gb. I have 62 CD's at 3g. Somethin about that higher quality playback......
Members GMOGreg Posted March 23, 2007 Author Members Posted March 23, 2007 I have 62 CD's at 3g. Somethin about that higher quality playback......
Members xOriginalNinjax Posted March 23, 2007 Members Posted March 23, 2007 I have my WMA rip format set to highest (not lossless) quality, so all the CD's I rip are about twice as large in file size...sorry...I'm WAY out of it and kinda upset that my pots aren't fitting my bass....
Members GMOGreg Posted March 23, 2007 Author Members Posted March 23, 2007 Mine's set for 128kbps. I didn't even know you could change it...
Members xOriginalNinjax Posted March 23, 2007 Members Posted March 23, 2007 Mine's set for 128kbps. I didn't even know you could change it... Mine's at 192kpbs. You CAN set it at LOSSLESS but that requires a TON of room....so I don't do that.
Members Grumpy_Polecat Posted March 24, 2007 Members Posted March 24, 2007 128k is considered to be CD quality.
Members Oddsock Posted March 24, 2007 Members Posted March 24, 2007 128k is considered to be CD quality. Personally I think anyone with a nice pair of headphones or speakers can hear the difference between 128k and CD. The high end distorts. It drives me nuts, but if you can't tell or it doesn't bother you then it doesn't matter. I rip at 192k or VBR most of the time.
Members SteveyDevey Posted March 24, 2007 Members Posted March 24, 2007 For some reason, I've been noticing it a lot more lately, on MP3s I've had for years. It's starting to anger me greatly. I'll have to grab new copies of some things.
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