How much HD space, and why do you need it?

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JDCentral

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I'm just curious... how much HD space do you have, and why do you need it?

Some of my friends boast that they have over 1.5 TB of storage space, and I always ask myself "what do you find to fill that?". I mean... I've archived every single audio CD I own (approx 120-140) to mp3 and flac, and just barely fill a 120GB drive.

So, for PERSONAL USE computers, why all the space?

(I understand that this space is necessary for people who do video editing or high-res tiff files, or music tracks, etc., etc.... but I'm just concerned with every-day computers).

Or is it just that I keep my computer(s) relatively clean, and so my OS/Application files don't take up 80 gigs :D

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bluestrobe

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Most people I know download illegal movies/programs/files and store them for later viewing and never delete them. I've been running on a 40GB drive since 2000 and only ran out of room once. Its also a status thing too. I knew a guy who had a TB of storage and only used about 10% of that, on a good day. He did it because it made him feel better. Computers tend to have the e-penis thing about them.
 
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crimson117

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I have 2x160gb, with about 140gb from dvd rips, 20gb from mp3, and 50 or so tv episodes. I just bought a 300gb since I'm running out of space :)
 
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JDCentral

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I like the "e-penis" term... it will get frequent use!

I also forgot - I am an avid MST3K fan, and have over 200 episodes at around 600-700 MB each...

But... they're on CDs!!!! Not like I really need to put them onto the HD... they don't get much frequent use, as I have enough of them that I just pick n' choose.
 
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Sforsyth

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I have 250 GB om my main computer and 120 GB on my second/daughters computer mainly for games and DVD backups
 
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Lifer
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60gb - os & proggie drive on main rig (also gifs, images, pics, etc) [81.2% filled]
80gb - thrash drive on main rig - hdd that downloads are temporarily stored; this constant writing kills drives [38.6% filled]

80gb - os & proggie drive on file server [81.1% filled]
60gb - video drive on file server - files are burned off as space is needed [79.3% filled]
250gb - Rock (A-R) music drive on file server [77.5% filled]
120gb - Other music drive on file server [88.8% filled]
160gb - Pop & Rock (S-Z) music drive on file server [76.4% filled]

Instant access to my music collection is of prime importance to me. It's like a giant jukebox. I have it all backed up on dvd except for the new stuff that is on the thrash drive.
 
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SrGuapo

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I only have 80GB and that is plenty for me. I only have 22.7 GB filled. I have around 5 GB of music (I don't really buy CDs, just download songs). Don't so much in the way of pr0n or movies, so that definately saves some space.
 
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200GB on desktop.
40GB on laptop.
Laptop HDD is pretty empty, just OSX (iBook), iLife & iWork '05 suites, some music, and other basic apps. Desktop has 55GBs of DVDs converted to DivX and fansubbed anime on it, and ~15GB of Windows and other apps.
 
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Aganack1

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i have 1tb will tivo files on it... to lazy to burn them to dvd's. I also have 120 gig of music and audio books.... well mostly audio books.
 
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KayKay

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some guy came into the store where I work and wanted to buy 6 300 gig hard drives
 
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strich

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i just put together a new system with 320 gig of SATA-RAID0 space and i have no idea what to do with it all. :) my previous drive was only 80 gig and i tended to run out of space with games, music and pr0n, so hopefully, that won't ever be an issue again. but yeah, i think it's a big case of 'epenis' . . .
 
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JDCentral

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AH!!!
Don't do EVERYTHING RAID0. If one of your drives every fails, you lose all your data.
(RAID-0 recovery is expensive, if not impossible).

I usually tell people "the first think you should know about RAID-0 is to turn it off."

Afterwards, once you understand that you get a slight performance gain at the cost of increased vulnerability.... well, then it's your own choice!! I just hate it when people come in with trashed HDs and say 'can you get the data off of this... I took out the second drive, and now the computer won't boot off this one'.

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I have 2 36GB Raptors in RAID0 for my OS and applications and maybe 100GB of media and downloaded programs (drivers, patches, etc.) on my 250GB drive.
 
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SynthDude2001

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A few weeks back I upgraded from two 80GB drives that I was constantly filling up, to a new 250GB Serial ATA drive, and I kept one of the 80's, mainly for HDTV recording. :)

The 250GB (really 232GB) has about 155GB free right now...I've got several games installed, Office...the usual stuff. Decent amount of music, and all the pictures/videos I've taken with my camera amount to about 17GB. 80GB drive has about 23GB free right now, used mainly for HDTV and my page file. ;)
 
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sumuk

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I have 60 GB hard drive at home. It is 70 % free.
At office 40 Gb hard drive, only 45 % used.

Regards

Sumukh
 
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