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How much total hard disk space does your computer have?

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Arie, 2010/01/25.

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How much total hard disk space does your computer have?

Poll closed 2010/02/28.

  1. < 250GB

    68 vote(s)
    31.6%

  2. 251-500GB

    49 vote(s)
    22.8%

  3. 501-750GB

    19 vote(s)
    8.8%

  4. 751GB-1TB

    28 vote(s)
    13.0%

  5. 1.1-1.5TB

    16 vote(s)
    7.4%

  6. 1.6-2TB

    14 vote(s)
    6.5%

  7. 2.1-2.5TB

    9 vote(s)
    4.2%

  8. > 2.6TB

    12 vote(s)
    5.6%
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  1. 2010/01/25
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    OK, I know... you have multiple PC's. But for this poll lets agree that:

    • We look at the hard disk space on the PC you use on a daily basis
    • You may 'cheat' in that you count space on external drives that you regularly connect to your PC
    • If you use NAS or other types of 'centralized' storage.... be our guest, count that too :D

    I guess that covers it.
     
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  2. 2010/01/25
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    By the end of this week - 2 Tb installed in case and 1.4 Tb in externals.
     
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    Whiskeyman Lifetime Subscription

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    102 GB between my 80 GB master drive and the temporary 30 GB slave. I don't need much space.
     
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  5. 2010/01/25
    wildfire

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    40Gb internal, 160 External and a few 2-4Gb MicroSD cards
     
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  6. 2010/01/25
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    738GB internal, 750GB eSata external & 670GB NAS... makes 2.1TB. Made a mistake before by counting the free space on my NAS (222GB).

    From my 2 internal drives I have:

    40% free from 273GB
    18% free from 465GB
     
    Arie,
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  7. 2010/01/25
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    500GB (internal, ~40% free) + 250GB (external)
     
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  8. 2010/01/25
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff

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    120 GB internal and 120 GB + 80 GB + 80 GB which are (one at a time) in a mobile rack for backup and ghost images.
     
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  9. 2010/01/25
    Dennis L Lifetime Subscription

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    Work in progress - drive storage for my computer, WHS server, 2x externals/eSata's and 1x USB external ...


    • 4TB = (2x) 2TB HDD's
    • 1.5TB = (2x) 750GB HDD's
    • 300 GB = (1x) Velociraptor HDD
    • 200GB = (1x) 200GB HDD
    • 80GB = 1x Intel SSD - 2nd Gen.
    =====================
    • 6TB = Total
    When above completed, home network will consist of 3 desktops, 2 notebooks, running w7/64 bit (except my netbook at 32bit) and WHS server. Network links at 1GB Ethernet/Cat 6 and N-draft/300Mbps Wifi. Above storage will include disaster backup files for 3 additional notebooks (3x of my kids in school/living away from home).
     
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  10. 2010/01/25
    JSS3rd Lifetime Subscription

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    This gets complicated, because I use both my desktop and my laptop, which are networked together, on a daily basis.

    My desktop has two 200GB internal drives and my laptop has 250GB internal. The two computers share a 500GB external drive that I switch between them when necessary, using a switchbox.

    When I'm away from home with the laptop I use a 250GB 2.5" external drive.
     
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  11. 2010/01/25
    trosaire

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    400 GB on desktop
    160 Gb on laptop
    1.5 TB on portable HDs
    You can never have too much storage.
     
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  12. 2010/01/25
    bluzkat

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    I've got a couple of 400 gig internal drives and two 750 gig external drives (that are pretty much always connected to the pc). The 400s will probably be replaced in the near future (not sure what I'll get yet :D).

    My laptop has a 320 gig (7200 rpm) drive... Sweet!!
     
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  13. 2010/01/25
    bobsch

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    I've got around 4.25 TB capacity, 2+ TB free on 5 drives. 2 of the drives are 1 TB each used for backup only. I used to run them as RAID, but ran out of space.

    The biggest group of files is 5 years of photos and videos of my grandson! It's almost 50 GB.
     
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  14. 2010/01/25
    bobsch

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    I've got 1 TB RAID in NAS used only for the family members on our network. I do all their backups, desktops and notebooks, from my desktop with Retrospect.
     
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  15. 2010/01/25
    Athlonite

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    Well here's mine just the Desktop
    2x Westerndigital WD2500AAJS raid0 (250GB x2)
    3x Samsung HD502IJ storage (500GB x3)
    2x Digitor 4GB usb sticks
    2x Western Digital WD800JD (80GB x2) via vantec Nexstar HDD Dock

    Total = 2168GB or 2.168TB
     
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  16. 2010/01/25
    Athlonite

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    i can beat that ever so slightly with a single folder of vids 152GB
    or a folder full of TV 142GB
     
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  17. 2010/01/25
    skiggidy

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    Wow, hard to believe 6% have greater than 2.6Tb! That is some unreal storage! Haha I can honestly say I probably wouldnt fill that up in a life time! But I must say that would be a awesome setup to own!
     
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  18. 2010/01/25
    bobsch

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    I'm not surprised at the 1 TB and over numbers, but at those under 1 TB. I think that you can buy a 1 TB drive for $90 or less.

    I can remember paying $600 for a 200 MB drive for home use and before that $1500 for a 5 MB drive for a project at work using an IBM PC. That was before IBM introduced PCs with hard drives. We designed our own disc controller.
     
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  19. 2010/01/25
    skiggidy

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    I remember my first Buffalo Tera-station cost me close to 1200.00, and I thought that was a steal. I ended up selling it not even a year later since it was just not practical for me! And now like you were stating, you can find them for under $100.00. Price of technology amazes me! I cant wait to see what will be around 20 years from now!
     
    skiggidy,
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  20. 2010/01/25
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    I have 320 GB on space on my internal C drive and 37 GB on my internal E drive. The total space I have in my system is 357 GB.
     
    Evan Omo,
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  21. 2010/01/26
    lost sailor

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    250GB external, 160 internal one slave, on one system, 160 external and 120 internal on another system and 4 systems with less than 80 on them
     
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