Guest Justin Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the slower the speed of your computer? I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding whether I should install programs such as games on the hard drive which does not contain windows xp so that the program does not slow my computer (login speed, etc.)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but otherwise it doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the system partition (usually C:\) and move your personal files to a different partition. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E63627C-BC6D-4033-9E3C-54527F7B1AFC@microsoft.com... > Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the slower the > speed > of your computer? > > I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding whether I > should install programs such as games on the hard drive which does not > contain windows xp so that the program does not slow my computer (login > speed, etc.) >
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed Justin wrote: > Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the > slower the speed > of your computer? > > I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding > whether I should install programs such as games on the hard drive > which does not contain windows xp so that the program does not > slow my computer (login speed, etc.) Gary S. Terhune wrote: > You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but > otherwise it doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the > system partition (usually C:\) and move your personal files to a > different partition. .... and even then - I don't think the 15% is a hard and fast (nor accurate) guage any longer. Sure - you won't be able to defragment as effectively (supposedly) but with a 750GB drive, the 100+GB being free or not (15%+ of the actual formatted space) is UNLIKLEY to start affecting performanace until you start getting down to a lot less free space. I think the 15% starts losing relevance over about 200GB... You probably want to maintain a good 30-50GB free space on drives like that - if you can. Of course - that's just me talking - there may be numbers out there to prove me wrong. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Lil' Dave Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E63627C-BC6D-4033-9E3C-54527F7B1AFC@microsoft.com... > Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the slower the > speed > of your computer? > > I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding whether I > should install programs such as games on the hard drive which does not > contain windows xp so that the program does not slow my computer (login > speed, etc.) > I like 20% free space in a windows partition minimum. If it gets less than that, I consider removing stuff or moving to larger hard drive if needed. I install all applications in the windows partition. I store stuff on alternate partitions. The only exception I've found for the way I do things is video rendering which uses a sort of swapfile of its own. I use an alternate partition on another physcial hard drive for the pseudo swapfile. Don't see how, even if a game is installed on another partition, it would alter the login speed. (guessing you mean loading user settings after login). Dave
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed I agree. Just tossed in the 15% figure because it's so easy to remember and a decent rule of thumb. But then, I don't put the OS and apps on partitions anywhere near the sizes you're talking about. I keep the system partition around 30GB at most. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uG06DcM0HHA.5948@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > Justin wrote: >> Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the >> slower the speed >> of your computer? >> >> I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding >> whether I should install programs such as games on the hard drive >> which does not contain windows xp so that the program does not >> slow my computer (login speed, etc.) > > Gary S. Terhune wrote: >> You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but >> otherwise it doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the >> system partition (usually C:\) and move your personal files to a >> different partition. > > ... and even then - I don't think the 15% is a hard and fast (nor > accurate) guage any longer. Sure - you won't be able to defragment as > effectively (supposedly) but with a 750GB drive, the 100+GB being free or > not (15%+ of the actual formatted space) is UNLIKLEY to start affecting > performanace until you start getting down to a lot less free space. > > I think the 15% starts losing relevance over about 200GB... You probably > want to maintain a good 30-50GB free space on drives like that - if you > can. > > Of course - that's just me talking - there may be numbers out there to > prove me wrong. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:56:01 -0700, Justin <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Does the bigger percentage of hard drive space used mean the slower the speed > of your computer? No. > I have 2 internal hard drives in my laptop and I am deciding whether I > should install programs such as games on the hard drive which does not > contain windows xp so that the program does not slow my computer (login > speed, etc.) It doesn't matter. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Plato Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed Gary S. Terhune wrote: > > You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but otherwise it > doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the system partition (usually > C:\) and move your personal files to a different partition. My opinion is to always have 25% free on C: -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed On 28 Jul 2007 22:15:02 -0500, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: > Gary S. Terhune wrote: > > > > You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but otherwise it > > doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the system partition (usually > > C:\) and move your personal files to a different partition. > > My opinion is to always have 25% free on C: And mine is that it greatly depends on the size of the drive (or partition). If C: is a 5GB drive, 25% is probably insufficient for most people. And if C: is a 1TB drive, 25% is *way* overkill for almost everyone. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Plato Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > > > You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but otherwise it > > > doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the system partition (usually > > > C:\) and move your personal files to a different partition. > > > > My opinion is to always have 25% free on C: > > And mine is that it greatly depends on the size of the drive (or > partition). If C: is a 5GB drive, 25% is probably insufficient for > most people. And if C: is a 1TB drive, 25% is *way* overkill for > almost everyone. I cant argue with that Ken :) Wich I could tho :) You take the time to write with more info than I do. I do respect you for that.... -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: % Used Hard Drive Space VS. Computer Speed On 30 Jul 2007 22:07:02 -0500, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > > > > > You're OK until free space gets down to 15% of disk space, but otherwise it > > > > doesn't affect performance. Leave your apps on the system partition (usually > > > > C:\) and move your personal files to a different partition. > > > > > > My opinion is to always have 25% free on C: > > > > And mine is that it greatly depends on the size of the drive (or > > partition). If C: is a 5GB drive, 25% is probably insufficient for > > most people. And if C: is a 1TB drive, 25% is *way* overkill for > > almost everyone. > > I cant argue with that Ken :) Wich I could tho :) You take the time to > write with more info than I do. I do respect you for that.... Thanks, Ed. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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