do music and picture files slow down your computer?

Answer 1

No, not directly that is. thos arent programs that use up CPU cycles so they won;t slow it down BUT

these can be rather large files/folders
I have a very large collection of ummm "nature" photos and abunch of ripped music from CDs and downloads.
if your system is low on harddrive space this can cause it to slow down cause windows uses whats called , Virtual Memory

it's harddrive space that's used to hold what's in the computers RAM memory. if your system is full to the brim with music and pics then yeah it may be slow cause theres less space to work with...

Answer 2

Both last answers are correct in some way , it realy depends on how many you have on there , if you take up all the space and there isnt any room for programs to open then yes, Like norton , when it does a scan it creates a temp file and if there isnt enough room for that temp file it will not run the scan. ect. Aswell as spyware , spamware that come with the songs if downloaded from diffrent sites or p2p shareing.

Answer 3

No, as long you're not doing anything with them. If they're just sitting in your hard drive, then no. "Paging" (using your hard drive as virtual memory) and programs that create temp files has nothing to do with his question. There was nothing there about having a full hard drive. His question was if certain files slowed down his computer. And the answer is as long as they're not running or you're not doing anything with them, then no.

Answer 4

Not yes and Not No.
It is not depends on how many files download but depends on how many programm installed.
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Answer 5

the image information don't have an exceptionally enormous effect on overall performance yet music and movies, extra movies than music, can incredibly decelerate a working laptop or computing gadget and make it start up very slowly. the internet isnt affected a great deal by potential of this however the kind of purposes she will use at one time is. i recomend shifting the information to a cd or reminiscence card to disencumber RAM.

Answer 6

yes, everything that you have stored on your computer slows it down, it depends how much RAM space you have and GB storage though, all pictures, videos, music (songs), documents and programs like microsoft office 2007, slows down your computer

Answer 7

No they don't but if you are getting your music from somewhere like Limewire the spyware, adware and viruses you are getting from them will.