[SOLVED] How should I fill my HDDs?

~~Nik00117~~ · 08-23-2007, 02:40 PM

Let me describe you my HDD sitution.

I have 320 GIG (which is where vista is)
I have a 250 GIG (which is my main data storage ATM)
I have a 500 GIG (which is reserve)

Now my 250 gig has about 20 gigs left on it. I was wondering does filling up a HDD all the way damage it, or does it make no difference?

ebackhus · 08-23-2007, 02:57 PM

I don't know HOW you could damage it by filling it up. I've pushed modern drives into the kilobyte level of free space just to say I did.

~~Nik00117~~ · 08-24-2007, 02:15 AM

Ok, well I mean I was thinking of it this way.

my car can drive at 200km/h well if I always drive at 200km/h its going break down a lot faster then if I stay around 160 or 150 persay.

butterfly77049 · 08-26-2007, 08:13 AM

Leave enough space to defrag it so the drive doesn't have to run hotter than it has to by the head running all over the place.

dai · 08-26-2007, 02:32 PM

defrag requires 10% of the drives capacity as free space for defragging,if you overfill a drive with a operating system on it,you will find eventually it will not boot requiring a format to regain control of it

~~Nik00117~~ · 08-27-2007, 01:47 PM

Well my OS HDD is a 320 gig which is used merely to old files temp, maxium it ever gets down is like 30 gigs then I delete all my files on there and move them else where.

How the 250 and 500 are pure data. So I guess i'ma have to leave 25 gigs free on my 250 and 50 on my 500 ok thank you kinda answers I was hoping for.

08-23-2007, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	[SOLVED] How should I fill my HDDs? Let me describe you my HDD sitution. I have 320 GIG (which is where vista is) I have a 250 GIG (which is my main data storage ATM) I have a 500 GIG (which is reserve) Now my 250 gig has about 20 gigs left on it. I was wondering does filling up a HDD all the way damage it, or does it make no difference?

08-23-2007, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,207 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: How should I fill my HDDs? I don't know HOW you could damage it by filling it up. I've pushed modern drives into the kilobyte level of free space just to say I did. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

08-24-2007, 02:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: How should I fill my HDDs? Ok, well I mean I was thinking of it this way. my car can drive at 200km/h well if I always drive at 200km/h its going break down a lot faster then if I stay around 160 or 150 persay.

08-26-2007, 08:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
butterfly77049 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18 OS: Windows	Re: How should I fill my HDDs? Leave enough space to defrag it so the drive doesn't have to run hotter than it has to by the head running all over the place.

08-26-2007, 02:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,487 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: How should I fill my HDDs? defrag requires 10% of the drives capacity as free space for defragging,if you overfill a drive with a operating system on it,you will find eventually it will not boot requiring a format to regain control of it __________________

08-27-2007, 01:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: How should I fill my HDDs? Well my OS HDD is a 320 gig which is used merely to old files temp, maxium it ever gets down is like 30 gigs then I delete all my files on there and move them else where. How the 250 and 500 are pure data. So I guess i'ma have to leave 25 gigs free on my 250 and 50 on my 500 ok thank you kinda answers I was hoping for.