The current total/max capacity in my Local (C) drive is 37.2 gigs, but I have 1 gig of RAM.
Now, I have more RAM than my friend definetely, but she has around 56 gigs of total capacity in her Local (C) drive, give or take a few gigs. I was stumpped.
How can I increase my gig size in my Local (C) Drive. I always run out of space and more gigs would be a life saver.
Anyone know how?
Thanks.
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You mean you want to make your total capacity, say, 70 instead of 37.2? If so, you need to buy another hard drive. RAM has absolutley nothing to do with the physical size of your drive.
Or, if you just want to free up space, delete existing programs that you don't use, and clear your temporary files.
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Clov, a Hard Drive is a part of the PC. What he meant by that, is when the Hard Drive communicates with the CPU, (Pentium 4, whathaveyou) some hard drives communicate faster and more efficently.
Fist: Larger hard drive/more HD space gives applications more temporary room, and easier time storing those files. It also allows for less fragmentation, and when a drive is defragmented properly, it should be easier for Windows and other programs to search for data on the hard drive, as whole files, and not pieces. If you have a teeny hard drive, then sometimes fragmenting is more common.
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Yup. When it defragments, it basically rearranges everything on your hard drive to be more organized. Just like cleaning your room; if there isn't an empty spot on your floor, you can't move anything around if you have no room to move other stuff. In that case, you'd throw out (delete) stuff for it to be able to defragment.
So it has no effects with PC gameplay performance since games are not really files per se. or are they? If so what effects would a higher capacity have on a game. I'm asking cause I'm a hardcore gamer that loves playing my games smoothly without lag..
Thanks..
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Definately helps out for games, especially when/if they update themselves. Rule of thumb: bigger is usually better. PC games are most definately files. Open up any game folder, and you'll see the files that run the game.
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Notice for the game Republic Commando, all the files needed for the maps of the game, the sounds, the videos, character models, menus, etc. Games are much more complex applications than you think.
Helps with working in Photoshop, too (which is what I primarily use my computer for) -- when what you're doing requires more memory than you have RAM, then it creates a temporary 'scratch' disc on the harddrive where it saves what you're doing, but will be deleted when you're finished.
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