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External hard drive issues
May 2, 2012 09:45:08 #
Jamers, the 256 MB of memory is in reference to your graphics card. You may be trying to " save" more data than your memory can handle. Try only working with a single file or Foto which is small in size and move up from that point. If memory is an issue you should have been having this issue all along. Also you can only defrag hard and not memory.
Also your CS4 may use a small amount of disk space as virtual memory to work with, so if your internal hard is full then this could have a similar effect. So go to the c: drive right click on properties and see how much space is available
Also your CS4 may use a small amount of disk space as virtual memory to work with, so if your internal hard is full then this could have a similar effect. So go to the c: drive right click on properties and see how much space is available
May 2, 2012 09:47:03 #
May 2, 2012 11:23:24 #
gmcase wrote:
Did you notice if the backup on Carbonite sloweed down after 200 gigs or so?
tramsey wrote:
Canon or Nikon, PC or Mac not the issue for the op/ The issue is storage and how do you fix it. I had the same problem and went to Carbonite, after I filled a terabyte external h/d and had my computer blow away by a lighting strike. Carbonite has unlimited storage for 55 dollars a year. Haven't had a problem since
Did you notice if the backup on Carbonite sloweed down after 200 gigs or so?
When Carbonite first came out it would slow your computer down with very little in it but now I haven't noticed any slow down. I don't know how much I have there but it's everything, maybe a Terra bye. But now no slow down. I was watching for it to.
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May 2, 2012 12:28:13 #
marcomarks wrote:
quote=Jamers I purchased a Seagate 2 terrabyte ex... (show quote)
marcomarks, possibility right or may need to update BIOS unless PC is older than 7 years.
May 2, 2012 16:32:05 #
Jamers wrote:
I purchased a Seagate 2 terrabyte external hard drive a while back when my computer was flashing it was running low on space. Lately I am still having the same issues, the hard drive shows I have 84% space remaining, but I still have to delete files to make room. Also I purchased 25 DVD's to down load old files, to make room and nothing is working. Any suggestions?
Wouldn't a technical forum be a better choice for this question?
What operating system do you have?
How big is your internal hard drive?
How much RAM do you have?
If I assume you are on a PC running Windows you should understand that Windows uses a large part of your drive for its files (it gets worse with every update) and can use your dive as temporary RAM. In short, it uses a lot of space. Now add your other programs and any files you add and you can quickly run out of room.
Basically you bought a house that isn't big enough for your needs. Buying a large garage may help, but doesn't help the clutter in the house.
At the minimum delete any programs you don't need or use then move all of your documents to the external drive. If you are still short on drive space there are a few more things you can do, but in the end it is better to buy a large internal drive too.
May 2, 2012 18:29:14 #
It is a good idea to occasionaly de-frag your hard drives. Doesn't really affect available space directly, however as space on hard drives becomes more and more fragmented, the likelihood of deleted sectors becoming orphaned is greater. These sectors then become unusable. De-fragging should find them and make them available if there are any.
May 2, 2012 23:25:01 #
Jamers
Loc: Michigan
St3v3M wrote:
quote=Jamers I purchased a Seagate 2 terrabyte ex... (show quote)
Show me where a techincal page is highlighted on this forum, and I would have place it there. Does it really matter? You abviously have not read all the post, because your questions have been previously ask and answered..
Thank you for your polite suggestions...At the time I bought my house, I only had one kid, now I have five, sooo, do I add on to my house, or just buy a larger one. At this moment..my question is how to keep everyone happy under one roof, and be able to know where everyone is when I need them..
Again, thank you ST3V3M for your kind suggestions, they will be taken under advisement.
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May 3, 2012 03:12:15 #
Jamers wrote:
...It says on the key board of my HP lap top, NVIDA GeForce 8600M GS processor with 256 MB dedicated memory delivering 3D graphics. HP pavilion dv9535nr Notebook PC....
OK, HP lists the specs for a HP pavilion dv9535nr Notebook PC at this site:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c01062310&lang=en&lc=en&product=3439698
Based on that information you have two 120 gig hard drives in your system. Depending on how they configured it you may see a single 240 gig drive or two drive each offering up 120 gig. One of my sons friends also has a dual drive HP laptop and he's got a nearly full drive and a nearly empty drive... Either way it's not a large amount of space. I would like to mention it's rather unusual/rare to find a laptop with DUAL hard drives but HP seems to have done this with several models, it's a cool feature if put to good use like making backups.
It also states you have 2 gigabytes of system RAM and 256 megabytes of dedicated video RAM - not an ideal amount of system RAM for editing photos BUT it should be enough to get things done. The specs state a maximum of 2 Gigs of RAM - you're maxed out... I confirmed this at crucial.com - http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv9535nr&Cat=RAM
If you have a friend that's genuinely comfortable moving files around I suspect you could move your photo folder over to the 2nd drive that's likely not being used at all. I think this should be the 1st approach you take. If, after freeing up at least 10 or 20 gigabytes of hard drive space you are still experiencing errors you may need to reinstall your photo editing software. I know you got a huge external drive BUT if you have an empty internal drive just sitting sitting there waiting to be used it will be much faster than the external drive. Use the external for backups.
You could (and should imho) try Wise disk Cleaner ( http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.html ) which is a very good temp file cleanup utility that doesn't come with any extra baggage parasites - it's free. I has the potential to free up 1 or 2 gigabytes of space. As with all cleanup utilities use with caution and make sure you're not removing anything that's important to you - that said this program does a good job of NOT removing important stuff...
If you want to get more usage out of this system I would invest in something like the Seagate Momentus Hybrid Drive ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148837 ) it's a 750 gig drive paired with an 8 gig solid state drive to speed up reading often used files like the Windows Vista OS - it's $150 but would help speed things up and give you room to grow. IF you go this route do it right and replace your internal drive and start with a clean install of Windows Vista (or make the jump to Windows 7)
Otherwise, it may just be time to bite the bullet and direct your cash to a new computer rather than throw money at this system....
May 3, 2012 10:20:00 #
Jamers
Loc: Michigan
sloscheider wrote:
quote=Jamers ...It says on the key board of my HP... (show quote)
Sloscheider, Thank you for all your time/attention you have spent in helping me. I have copied/paste this information and off to the Geek Guys at Best Buy here in Famington Hills Michigan, then run it by my IT guru. I will let you as well as others know what the out come is, because I know others have or will have similar issues and this hopefully will help them as well.. :lol:
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