I am using an iBook laptop and just spent the whole day downloading 10 gigabites off the internet (2 gigabites at a time, 30 minutes each) and then installing all of it unto my hardrive which has 20 gigs of free space. Is this a bad move?
2007-03-12 16:45:12 · 8 answers · asked by Thop ite 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I install/unstall very frequently. About 5-15 gigs a day.
2007-03-12 16:46:08 · update #1
The downloaded stuff is perfectly legal :)
2007-03-12 16:58:53 · update #2
I wish I had your internet connection....
Harddrives die eventually - but downloading is no greater strain than using it normally anyway.
Just watch out the anti-piracy guys dont break down your door to work out WHAT the 10 gigs of stuff you downloaded were...
2007-03-12 16:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jawapro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might think about getting an external USB or Fire Wire Drive. My computer will only take a 40Gb. or smaller drive and I am running about 340Gb of drive space. Only 80Gb. are internal. As long as the drives are always connected you can even run setup on your program files to the external drives. Just change the "C" to the desired path at setup and it will create a seperate program files on the new drive. You will sometimes have to select advanced when running setup, most times all you have to do is change the path.
2007-03-12 19:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by Christian Soldier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Downloading will not wear out ur HDD. However do not defragment ur harddisk TOO often cuz it slows down the processing speed.The life of a harddisk usually depends on the speed it spins, 5400rpm ot 7200rpm...as u know moving parts have wear and tear issues. but of course the faster it moves the quicker the processing speed. Cheers!
2007-03-12 17:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sean Lawlor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. When you use your computer to write downloads to a hard drive it's the exact same process as writing a file you have on your computer to the same hard drive. Albeit, hard drives can eventually fail with decades under their belt. As for the space thing, you have different effects for different programs/files.
2007-03-12 16:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by Brent W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why in the heck are you doing that? you spend 2 hours a day to download then you turn around and delete it. get a real computer with a cd and dvd burner.
2007-03-12 16:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe you. And if you're telling the truth and not exaggerating, I think you download too much.
2007-03-12 16:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
naa it wont heart the drive just make sure u regulary do a disk defrag with a prog like perfect disk
2007-03-12 16:49:39 · answer #7 · answered by sam c 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You won't wear it out, but your should defrag often if you add and delete large files as described.
2007-03-12 16:55:47 · answer #8 · answered by AzMojo 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋