A media drive maybe?

redsunx · 07-15-2007, 04:13 PM

Well putting some thought into getting another hard drive for media such as music movies (ripped dvd's) and maybe some pictures, the reason for doing so is that my main drive wich has directx on it needs the games because for some reason games don't work on my friends second drive were directx inst installed
Anyways I was wondering what a good size would be? I was thinking 200Gb but wonder what you all thought

**TheMatt** · 07-15-2007, 04:30 PM

It really depends on what you are storing. I had a very hard time filling up my laptop 80 GB hard drive. I honestly think that many people are buying huge hard disks and not using the majority of the space on it. With good disk maintenance on a regular basis, home users really shouldn't need more than 120 GB.

redsunx · 07-15-2007, 04:40 PM

hmm, 120Gb sounds good thanks {solved}

**TheMatt** · 07-15-2007, 05:19 PM

You're welcome.

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redsunx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 466 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 (And loving it) My System	A media drive maybe? Well putting some thought into getting another hard drive for media such as music movies (ripped dvd's) and maybe some pictures, the reason for doing so is that my main drive wich has directx on it needs the games because for some reason games don't work on my friends second drive were directx inst installed Anyways I was wondering what a good size would be? I was thinking 200Gb but wonder what you all thought __________________ He said, you are the chosen one! And I didn't even graduate from High School.

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redsunx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 466 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 (And loving it) My System	Re: A media drive maybe? hmm, 120Gb sounds good thanks {solved} __________________ He said, you are the chosen one! And I didn't even graduate from High School.

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TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: A media drive maybe? You're welcome. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides