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Community weekly poll: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC?
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1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 1/27/05 9:05 AM
How much total hard drive space do you have on your main computer?
Less than 10GB
11GB to 30GB
31GB to 60GB
61GB to 90GB
91GB to 120GB
More than 120GB
I don't know about the GBs, but I love the Bee Gees!
About 500GB total
by TONI H - 1/27/05 11:21 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
(and the BeeGees soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever is a classic)
All of my three drives are partitioned (and each partition has its own name/label so I can organize easier for backups)....drive letters from C: thru N: with two burners (one cdrw and one dvd-rw)
I use every partition daily.....and I wonder how I could have possibly thought 10 years ago that a harddrive size of 250 to 512MB was more than enough.
TONI HACKLER
Moderator at various CNET Help Forums
I've got 4.8 terabytes
by guybwcs - 1/28/05 3:02 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
4.8 terabytes, only have problems backing it up onto a tape drive 
re: hard drive space
by wild child - 1/28/05 8:50 PM In reply to: I've got 4.8 terabytes by guybwcs4.8 TB... SWEET! What brand or brands do you have? Is it mainly external? I only have one TB total with 3 drives, but would like to add another one. My 500 GB drive is used for my back up right now. Would like to get a full TB for that purpose.
hard disk memory
by bickybabu - 1/28/05 3:33 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
40 GB
11gb to 4.8 terabytes?
by kevon - 1/28/05 4:47 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Eh, the one in my pc is 40 gb; I have one waiting to be installed that's 160gb but am not sure how to format and prepare it using Win98se...(partitions, etc)...
I still have my original pc (motherboard no good) but the 40 meg hard drive does- and it isn't even full!
How'd they DO that?
kev
Filling up hard drives
by Soul Schism - 1/28/05 6:02 AM In reply to: 11gb to 4.8 terabytes? by kevonIf your " How'd they DO that? " question was in regards to filling up that much space, it can be quite easy, really. It all depends on what types of files you work with on a daily basis. If you never save anything, mainly use your pc for gaming, or only store word docs and such on your PC, you probably won't EVER come close to filling a 40GB drive, much less a 120GB one.
On the other hand, if you work with MP3, hi def. image, or video files you can very easily fill a 120GB drive or more. I built a PC for a guy who streams video from satellite feeds, stores the files to his PC, and burns them later for archiving. He has a RAID setup with well over 2TB of storage.
And he is running out of space.
My own personal drive, while having much less space at a measly 120GB, is almost stuffed full with 90GB of music and hi-definition photographs; my two passions.
This reply is a bit long winded, but I hope it answered your question.
Here's how
by TONI H - 1/28/05 6:04 AM In reply to: 11gb to 4.8 terabytes? by kevonFDISK-FORMAT NEW DRIVE:
Now... The instructions below include the FDISK instructions to do that before you can format the drive or drives....if you only have your C: drive and you want to keep it that way, you'll be fine and you can skip the FDISK part. If you wish to change to having more than one partition C: then use the FDISK instructions to do that. Formatting the drive and how long it takes to do it will depend on the size of your harddrive itself. Installation of Windows will take about 30-40 minutes.
The first thing you have to do is to change the jumper for the harddrive to Master with Slave if your cdrom or another harddrive is attached to the same cable....otherwise jumper it for Master or Single (WD drives are pre-jumpered to be a Master already...meaning NO jumpers are required so they have them offset on the pins; they only give you the jumpers in case you need them). Once all connectors and cables are securely attached (the large gray cable has to have the red/black line down the side attach to the number 1 pin on both the motherboard and on the back of the harddrive and the newer 80-wire cables are color coded and must be connected properly....the blue end goes on the motherboard, the black end goes to the Master device, and the gray middle connector goes to the Slave device if there is one).
Have your boot disk in the drive because when you press Y to Save, the computer will reboot by itself. If your bios can't see the whole harddrive, you will have to use the ezdrive/ezbios program that comes with the DataLifeguard download to install the bootmanager program and it will walk you through all of the following steps to setup the drive and install windows on it....but only use this disk if your bios can't see the whole drive.
Use the boot disk for the operating system you want to put on the harddrive (if you need one that gives you cdrom support go to http://www.bootdisk.de or http://www.bootdisk.com and download one now and make sure you get the right version for the windows that you will be putting on the harddrive and then extract that file to a temporary folder on your harddrive somewhere, read the readme file to know how to create the disk, then put a floppy disk into the drive and follow the instructions from the readme file to get your disk made. If you downloaded the bootdisk and it's an .exe file, you can just click it and it will start to create the bootdisk for you automatically. Also, when you use the bootdisk you downloaded, it will default to being the R: drive for the cdrom, but this is only temporary until you reach the windows desktop.
One last piece of advice regarding bootdisks before you format the drive.....go NOW to Add\Remove Programs\Startup Disk and create two more bootdisks (have your windows cd handy because it will ask for it). I've seen bootdisks go bad for no apparent reason when you least expect it, so make sure you have a couple of them handy just in case. Don't try to make a copy of the one you have using the A: drive copy command because the copy won't work at all since there are hidden and system files on it and they don't copy over....you have to make the new bootdisks from the Startup Disk tab. However, this will NOT work with W95 because the StartupDisk tab won't give you cdrom support so you will have to download a bootdisk for it instead.
Also, for W98, if you create the bootdisk from within windows, you will need to go here to download the newest version of FDISK.EXE then copy it to the bootdisk, allowing it to overwrite the older version. This way you will have support for larger harddrives.
FDISK LIMITATION WITH 64GB DRIVES:
Why does FDISK not recognize my disk (or RAID array) which is larger than 64GB?
There is a bug in Microsoft's FDISK under Windows 95B, 98 and 98SE that can be corrected by downloading a newer version. See Knowledge Base Article Q263044 for more information.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q263044
When you use Fdisk.exe to partition a hard disk that is larger than 64 GB (64 gigabytes, or 68,719,476,736 bytes) in size, Fdisk does not report the correct size of the hard disk.
The size that Fdisk reports is the full size of the hard disk minus 64 GB. For example, if the physical drive is 70.3 GB (75,484,122,112 bytes) in size, Fdisk reports the drive as being 6.3 GB (6,764,579,840 bytes) in size.
NOTE: This hotfix is not designed for 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA) hard disks, and it is not supported on hard disks larger than 137 GB. However, even if the drive is physically larger than 137 GB, if you create partitions smaller than 137 GB, this FDISK.EXE version will work correctly. (THE FORMAT COMMAND WILL SHOW THE DRIVE AMOUNT IN DOS TO BE OFF THE MARK, BUT WILL BE CORRECT WHEN YOU GET INTO WINDOWS ITSELF)
Direct English Version download:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/Win98/Update/8266R/W98/EN-US/263044USA8.EXE
This package installs the updated Fdisk.exe to the Windows\Command and Windows\Options\Cabs folders, on a computer running Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition. If you are starting a computer from a Windows 98 Startup Disk in order to partition and format the hard disk, you should copy the updated Fdisk.exe from the Windows\Command folder to the Startup Disk, replacing the original Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition version of Fdisk.exe on the Startup Disk.
You can also get around the 64GB limitation of the Windows9x FDISK utility by specifying the desired partition size as a percentage of the total disk size rather than as an absolute size.
FDISK & FORMAT
Once you have booted to the A:, then type FDISK and enable large disk support, and you will get a menu.
Choose CHANGE DRIVES and choose #2 as the drive you want to change to.....this is the slave drive you are trying to set up.
Create a Primary Dos Partition (if you only want one partition then use the entire drive when asked...but you may have a problem with partitions over 125GB each so to be on the safe side, create partitions)
Now, if you want partitions, choose #1 again to create Logical Drives, and then choose #2 to create an Extended Partition and when asked use the balance of the drive to do this. Press the ESC key and you will be asked about creating Logical Drives within that Extended Partition...say yes and create the Logical Drives using parts of the balance of the drive for each partition you want to create. Make note of the drive letters being assigned.
As you press ESC you will be given a screen:
Use the ESC key to get out of Fdisk and back to the A: prompt and reboot with the same floppy disk to make the changes take effect.
At the A: prompt, now type FORMAT D: When you are finished with the D: drive, now type FORMAT E: then FORMAT F: etc. for the logical drives you created. (When it asks for a VOLUME LABEL, I type in a name for each partition, such as MUSIC, DOCUMENTS, PROGRAMS, etc. so that when I get to windows explorer, I can tell right away what stuff I have stored where....makes for much faster backups too)
Once you're done formatting the new drive and its partitions, you can remove the bootdisk and boot up to windows.
How Much I Got
by Nick172000 - 1/28/05 5:51 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I Have Got 80GB That's More Than Enough For Me
a terabyte
by jrabbit - 1/28/05 8:30 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I recently purchased a terabyte for video storage. I have used about 160Gb so far and am beginning to be very curious about the partitioning! Just what is this? Would it be good to use for the video/pictures I am storing? If one partition section goes down are the others fine? I really know little about this. I am using an eMac and a G4 to run video/pictures through then to the Terabyte.
How much Giga
by bk bullock - 1/28/05 9:12 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a older Toshiba 1555cds, total hard drive a wopping 4.2 Gigabytes. Not much, but still learning.
Hard Drive total
by ron campsall - 1/28/05 10:46 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hey,
I have 30G working up front running XP with a second 60G for storage behind. The thought is that when (not if) I do something bad to the computer there will be salvageble info left to play with.
Is this a resonable way to think and do?
Thanks Ron
That will preserve your
by TONI H - 1/28/05 11:01 AM In reply to: Hard Drive total by ron campsalldata, etc if you keep copies on the storage drive. I create new folders called OLDMAIL, OLDADDY, DOWNLOADS, OLDFAVS, and DOCS (you get the idea), and then I drag copies of everything I want to save to the appropriate folders. If I have to format the drive C: and start over I can bring those files back. I also burn many to CD....including MY WEBS which is my website once I've dragged a copy of it from the C: to the storage drive....and I date the folder.
TONI
Odd divisions (less than 10?)
by fivecentfamily - 1/28/05 11:56 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As the poll shows, very few people have less than 10GB, or even less than 40.
I think better divisions would have been: 40 or less, 41-80, 81-120, 120-200, 200-500, 500 and up.
I have 80 on my main drive, which is 3/4 full (what can I say, I'm a software junkie. LOL), and then a 300GB external backup/data drive, which is not even half full yet. However, I'm looking foward to the future, when I'll be using that drive as a DVR when a decent media server (that I can afford) comes out. Right now, besides the backup, the biggest thing on there is my 15GB of MP3s.
I don't see how anyone can really do much of anything with less than 100GB. And with storage so cheap now (I got that 300GB drive for less than $200.), why WOULDN'T you go for the bigger drive whenever you have a chance?
~Ken
Hard Drive Space
by sahes - 1/28/05 3:06 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 How much total hard drive space do you have on your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have 1 GHz. How many GB is that?
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