2007-03-06 19:02:33 · 6 answers · asked by Fir 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Well, yes and no actually.
No, playing either does not actually take any space on your hard drive.
However, by playing the cd or dvd, you are increasing the activity of the computer (by running the program that plays the disc for one thing). The increased activity may cause Windows to use more space for it's pagefile. The pagefile is an area on your hard disk that Windows uses as "Virtual RAM" so to speak. In theory, if whatever you are doing needs more RAM than your system has, Windows will start using it's pagefile to suppliment. I say "in theory" because Windows uses the pagefile whether it needs it or not. If you have alot of RAM (a gig or more is usually safe), you can set Windows to not use a pagefile at all. This usually speeds up your PC a bit, and will free up that space on your hard drive.
In addition to that, there is a chance that whatever program your using to play the discs might write some temp files to the hard drive, but these will be insignificant in size.
2007-03-06 19:11:46 · answer #1 · answered by whatdoitypehere 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question I hope to have a good answer. The hard drive has commands and drivers to make the CD ROM work and its the CPU that carries out the commands. But the cd player will not take up any HDD space or RAM who ever says that doesn't know what they're talking about. The only way that happens if you rip the CD on the HDD and then play it.
2007-03-07 03:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by ironhorst71 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not in the Hard Disk but only in the RAM as long as it is playing. Playing a CD or a DVD is not a permanent storage that you are making in the HD, it is just being played for you, so it needs some memory space in the RAM and thats it.
Sometimes some HD space may be used by systems as RAM, if the existing RAM isn't sufficient for some temporary operation, but that too is not permanent storage.
2007-03-07 03:27:39 · answer #3 · answered by AB2874 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know it only takes up space on your hd if you rip and keep the songs. If you only play them they schould only use up ram memory. not harddisk space.
2007-03-07 03:06:01 · answer #4 · answered by freebird31wizard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, never. it takes space in Memory only..
2007-03-07 03:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by nett 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not at all
the space is covered in the drive ur playing
2007-03-07 03:06:11 · answer #6 · answered by luv2yas 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋