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    does harddrive capacity affect laptop efficiency

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jdring2007, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. jdring2007

    jdring2007 Newbie

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    I was just wondering if the amount of free space on one's C: drive affects the laptop's performance, speed, efficiency, or anything of the like. of my 282 GB I currently have 74 GB free, and it seems as though my Dell XPS-1340 is performing basic tasks a little slower than it had been at say half-capacity. Maybe it's just me, and I've heard different things from friends, but have always wondered if laptop performance was affected by harddrive capacity.
     
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  2. cloudbyday

    cloudbyday Notebook Deity

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    No, it shouldn't effect it. I would recommend getting ccleaner and Defraggler. As you use more space, the more likely hood that your computer may need some basic maintenance.
     
    cloudbyday, Mar 7, 2010
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  3. jdring2007

    jdring2007 Newbie

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    okay, thanks
     
    jdring2007, Mar 7, 2010
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    computerstriker Notebook Evangelist

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    defragging it would be your best bet like what cloudbyday suggested
     
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I thought it would cause you notebook to feel sluggish since windows uses hdd space as a swap-file, basically memory.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 7, 2010
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    ur capacity won't affect efficiency as long as u have spare space of about 10GB for pagefile.... but the speed of the drive does affect the efficiency... To do so , u can try defraging and i use SmartDefrag which is easy to use... also i use tune-up system utilites 2010 to defrag registry and clean it and also get rid of unnecessary temp files to increase hard drive space...
     
    sean473, Mar 7, 2010
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