Not enough GBs...

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

Ok,so my laptop has only 160 GB.The problem is that my laptop gets filled with stuff pretty fast,and most of the stuff is stuff which I need,so I have the next options:

1.Copy the stuff on DVDs
2.Copy the stuff on a external HD
3.Copy the stuff on a new HD,which will replace the one I have now.

Opinions?

MT · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

1) would be a nice solution if you only need to free up a bit (like >50GB).
It is a pain to go searching so put only the stuff you don't need for a while on them.

3) Is a better, more long term solution. get one with much more space.

Finally, consider RAR'ing old files you don't need. It helps considerably.

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

RAR is useless,I doubt that it "magically" compresses stuff.It has to use some memory somewhere...

inzane krazy · General **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006 **Location**: Sketchpad

Atleast it actually works >_>

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Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

Still,I doubt I'll rar 90 GB of stuff and when I'll need it simply unrar it.It would...

"Lag is in the air...
...every fukken bit of life..."

MT · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

Deformat wrote:

RAR is useless,I doubt that it "magically" compresses stuff.It has to use some memory somewhere...

Dude, wtf. That is the whole point of RAR. RTFM.

Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

Here's a tip: stop downloading porn. I have a 120GB laptop drive with 68GB still free. You have no excuses.

Besides, laptops make horrible desktop replacements. They don't have the capacity to work as one.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

what in tarnations are you using or that you "need" to use that requires you to use up 160 gb. On average todays programs only need like 1-4 gb for install. I'm not saying that you don't, but to me it's unlikely that you use all your programs. there has to be a few that you rarely access that are just sitting around taking up space. Unless your downloading tons of movies and games and saving them to your hard drive then I just dont see the reason why your "needed" programs take up that much space. But to the main topic I guess External HD would be best option for you so files on externalHD can be immediatly accessible for you.

inzane krazy · General **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006 **Location**: Sketchpad

crevio wrote:

what in tarnations are you using or that you "need" to use that requires you to use up 160 gb. On average todays programs only need like 1-4 gb for install. I'm not saying that you don't, but to me it's unlikely that you use all your programs. there has to be a few that you rarely access that are just sitting around taking up space. Unless your downloading tons of movies and games and saving them to your hard drive then I just dont see the reason why your "needed" programs take up that much space. But to the main topic I guess External HD would be best option for you so files on externalHD can be immediatly accessible for you.

porn.

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Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

You don't realize how much I have that doesn't clutter my OS drives, do ye? #Tongue

Seriously. There are no excuses these days.

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

I just saw this thread being invaded by porn.

Dudes.Music.Graphics.Games.That's it.

In my family we don't collect movies or such.But we do have lots of music,heck,even vinyl discs #Tongue

And,no,there's absolutely NO PORN AT ALL on my comp.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

then I would recommend a second "Internal HDD". Majority of com's are equipt to handle 2 or more internal HDD. get a high volume one and use it to install your games, storage, or whatever. I believe if you do that you have to set the Primary to master and the Secondary to slave.

Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

Only with IDE drives, but laptops all use SATA now and most laptops do not have a second hard drive bay.

They do, however, have USB and, in most cases, Firewire. If you want an external to act as internal, you need Firewire. USB is not nearly fast enough.

Mortecha · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:29 am Post subject:

Well the best option for you would be a portable hard drive, anything from 500GB to 1TB should do the trick and they are fairly cheap these days too.

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Dark Templar X wrote
most laptops do not have a second hard drive bay.

yea, I forgot he was using a laptop.

Team SomeGuy · General **Joined**: 18 Aug 2006

Dark Templar X wrote:

Here's a tip: stop downloading porn. I have a 120GB laptop drive with 68GB still free. You have no excuses.

QFE.

I have a <80 GB hard drive and I still have 20+ able to be filled.

Then again, my computer is like ancient. (6 years old as of next summer)

AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Take out all your t.A.T.u music and place them in a flash drive.

OmegaBolt · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Then place the flash drive in the bin.

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

AltomareXD wrote:

Take out all your t.A.T.u music and place them in a flash drive.

Ha.Ha.Ha.Very funny....

Anyways,got my hands on 25 DVDs.I'll move all the stuff that has to be moved.

Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

OmegaBolt wrote:

Then place the flash drive in the bin.

Hahahaha. XD

AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Get an external. I think there's one with a TV-out so you can listen stuff there.

When I first saw the thread, I thought he was talking about GameBoys... Sad