i am getting messages that my hard drive is low in space. what is the recomended blank space i should keep on my drive.
2007-03-28 01:34:49 · 9 answers · asked by healthy life 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
i have a 100 g hardrive and have 100mb free
2007-03-28 01:40:20 · update #1
15 percent free space is needed to defragment the hard drive....
They are getting cheap, I would look into adding another internal drive.....
2007-03-28 01:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to keep at least 15% free. Also make room if you haven't by going into internet explorer and go into tools, then internet options, once you have done this delete unwanted files such as cookies ,, history files, and temporary internet files.
Do this by deleting your browsing history and the above by looking at the self explanatory files in the last window I told you to go into, or the easiet way is to go online or in your locl computer store and buy or download a copy of window washer". Also rmember to defragg your drives often, I'd say at least once a month.
2007-03-28 09:00:55 · answer #2 · answered by Keith C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with vincent on getting another hard drive installed. Also I would suggest that if you install another large drive to partion it into two equal size partitions. What that does is speeds up the comps search of the drive for the program or file you try to open.
2007-03-28 01:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by srandall9432 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The minimun at which it will function properly is about 1 gig (or 1000mb). The recommended is 10% of your hard drive (which in your case would be about 10 gig). Ideally, about 25%.
Exact numbers vary based on amount of memory, etc.
2007-03-28 01:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would say 5gb for file/page swap and virtual memory. but if you only have a 100mb left then you seriously need to get a larger hdd or a second one to spill over to!
2007-03-28 01:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Neil H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ideally, you should keep at least 25% free at all times, it will help your computer run without lag
2007-03-28 01:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think 10% will good for sftware to personce good work,
and for windows i thinkg you need to keep free atleast .5 GB
2007-03-28 01:39:04 · answer #7 · answered by fazal suhan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say to keep 5GB to 10GB free on your hard drive.
2007-03-28 01:47:34 · answer #8 · answered by kunalseeni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey.. defragment ur comp once in a while.. hmm.. u should atleast have 10gb free.. it may slow down ur comp or worse, it will crash, coz it will not be able to accomodate other softwares
2007-03-28 01:53:55 · answer #9 · answered by deejaye_11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋