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OK to fill external Harddrive 100%

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  • 24-03-2012 2:30am
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    johnnykilo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭


    I have an external harddrive which I use for media; mostly video and audio, it's about 90% full at the moment. Is it ok to keep filling up to 100% or should I give it some breathing space? The contents don't change often, i.e I'm not chopping and changing movies or music constantly, just adding new stuff.

    This is the harddrive I'm using: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1682/1/ (I just put it in an external case). Thanks!
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    jay-me
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭jay-me


    Don't think they need breathing space.. You can fill to your hearts content!


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    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    GO ahead and fill it up, but drive c windows drive should have at least
    2gig empty ,windows needs space for temporary files, and caching video files.YOU can use ccleaner program to clean up empty space ,say once a month.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Yeah theres no issues maxing out a hard disk, only the OS drive you should leave a few gig free for decent performance/stability.

    Nick

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