“I am currently running out of c drive space and cannot download anything at the moment. Will this improve that storage or am I looking at the wrong things?”
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Here's the thing. I have three partitions on mine. 150gb for windows, programs and apps. 300gb for compiling and building software. And a 500 gb partition for storage. Now when I use storage, I use it for cloud data, such as OneDrive, and Dropbox, and all of my music and documents. I also try and build sorce code for different programs and projects. That is my second partition. And everything that the system needs like windows, subsystems for Linux, unity 3-d and visual studio all fit on my c:\ Now all of my cloud storage drives consumes about 25 gb. That includes my music archives and photo archives. So in windows 950gb is a lot of room. Hope this helps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes that's going to terabyte hard drive would give you more space but also consider looking into your memory and upgrade it if possible either to the highest or go to one terabyte all the way
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes indeed, do you want to use it as an external storage by buying USB enclosure? Or replacing your existing smaller hardrive with this one
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This is the right device for you. Unless you want portable storage.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I believe so, but the answer is contingent on what's causing your C drive to be full. If you are storing large amounts of files that are not critical to operation of your programs or the operating system, then you can probably move them to a standalone drive and increase the free space on C. Some programs need data stored at specific locations that are re-assignable, but you have to be careful, or you may cause the program to not operate correctly. Some things like music, movies, or photos can be moved easily and all you have to do is know where they are so you can access them. I have found I was using a large amount of C drive inadvertently for restore points. I did a system clean from "Accessories/System Tools/ Disk Cleanup" and then also, same location, under the window, 'More Options' tab, and 'System Restore and Shadow Copies' . Clicking the "Clean Up" button in this window, will bring up another window asking if you are sure you want to remove all restore points other than the most recent. Use care with this option, as once those points are gone, if you need to go back further than the most recent, you lose that option. I found I had allowed Windows to use an unlimited amount of space for restore points. I have since limited it to 10 GB. Do a google search and there is a wealth of information about this. I am running WIN 7 Pro, on a Fujitsu Lifebook 4220, with my single physical drive split into a C and D. I wouldn't recommend this setup. It's become a problem for me, as I didn't use care when installing programs when I set this up.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can use this drive to migrate data off of your C: to free up space, or you can point your downloads to this drive to store them.
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