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    How full to get a 4tb hdd drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hertzian56, Nov 2, 2019.

  1. hertzian56

    hertzian56 Notebook Deity

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    I have one of those 4tb wd my passports and it's now in the red on the my computer screen, win7, and still has almost 350 gb of free space. So I'm guessing the "safe" limit for w7 is around 10% free space, but is this really necessary? I mean it's a freaking 350gb! Anyone have any experience on this or can point me to an expert article?
     
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  2. senso

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    Its just to warn the user that the disk is almost full, nothing more.
     
    senso, Nov 2, 2019
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    Padraig O Cuinn Notebook Consultant

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    He is right I have an sad with about 15mb free lol I will probably pack it

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    Padraig O Cuinn, Nov 2, 2019
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    Oh ok then I'll just keep going with it then, it's just for storage so it's not fragmented at all, thx
     
    hertzian56, Nov 2, 2019
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    no worries, its just a GUI indicator in windows. pack it up until it cant take no more ;)
     
    jaybee83, Nov 3, 2019
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