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Thread ID: 80447 2007-06-23 12:20:00 Let's build a PC (June 2007) Metla (12) PC World Chat
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562243 2007-10-13 01:38:00 That great george thanks heaps

Iv formatted the spare HDD, and put my main folder on it, which contains all my sub folders with movies, music etc. Thats where I download to 99% of the time.

Cheers!
Damz (10942)
562244 2007-10-13 01:46:00 If you have XP, leave at least 15GB for the operating system, and if you have Vista leave 25GB. This may seem large, but running out of room on the OS partition is very, very annoying and you can afford the space with large HDDs. Large???!!! :eek: I have a 75GB sys partition and I have 8.54GB free space... and that is only my documents and programs, not downloads...

Heck, I can't even run my media PC off a 20GB HDD (all media is stored on a server)
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
562245 2007-10-13 03:21:00 Large???!!! :eek: I have a 75GB sys partition and I have 8.54GB free space... and that is only my documents and programs, not downloads...

Heck, I can't even run my media PC off a 20GB HDD (all media is stored on a server)

You misunderstood me. That 15GB is just for Windows and programs. All data is on the data partition.

I run my hard drive this way and I'm using 9GB on my 15GB Windows partition, but I'm being lazy and have probably 2-3GB of stuff on my desktop included in that, and various other things.

I then have a 129GB data partition with 127GB used :o
george12 (7)
562246 2007-10-13 03:47:00 You misunderstood me. That 15GB is just for Windows and programs. All data is on the data partition.

I run my hard drive this way and I'm using 9GB on my 15GB Windows partition, but I'm being lazy and have probably 2-3GB of stuff on my desktop included in that, and various other things.

I then have a 129GB data partition with 127GB used :o Yes, I know, same as mine... But then I do have a few games installed :D

By programs I assume you include games in this catagory?
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
562247 2007-10-13 04:16:00 Yes, I know, same as mine... But then I do have a few games installed :D

By programs I assume you include games in this catagory?

Hmm, if you had modern games on there you'd need a fair bit more.

It's a case-by-case basis thing I suppose. 15GB is enough for me, but I don't have any big games on there.

It also depends on the size of your hard drive. If it's 500GB, for example, you might as well just give Windows 70+GB, but if it's only 160, you would possibly want to be more conservative.
george12 (7)
562248 2007-10-13 06:34:00 Hmm, if you had modern games on there you'd need a fair bit more.

It's a case-by-case basis thing I suppose. 15GB is enough for me, but I don't have any big games on there.

It also depends on the size of your hard drive. If it's 500GB, for example, you might as well just give Windows 70+GB, but if it's only 160, you would possibly want to be more conservative. Case closed :D :p

I have 3 games installed totalling over 15GB :p and others of course...

But yes, you are right, it is a case by case thing depending on peoples uses and such, like me I need a lot of space due to games, but then there could be someone who only needs a few small programs but a lot of data...
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
562249 2007-10-13 12:52:00 Heck, I can't even run my media PC off a 20GB HDD (all media is stored on a server)

Wtf? I easily run my media PC off a 10GB partition. I don't understand why you'd need more than that.
roddy_boy (4115)
562250 2007-10-13 19:51:00 Wtf? I easily run my media PC off a 10GB partition. I don't understand why you'd need more than that. As I said above... programs... I have a fair few different programs installed... The_End_Of_Reality (334)
562251 2007-10-14 06:10:00 What programs would you need on a media PC? VLC and Winamp is pretty much all I have installed. roddy_boy (4115)
562252 2007-10-14 07:05:00 I ran PVR and actual media center software such as GBPVR, can't remeber what I had on it, was sitting there for a full week not even used so I decided to scrap it. The_End_Of_Reality (334)
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