Hard Drive Question

mikeyrivered · 04-11-2008, 05:57 PM

Got this question from uni, makes very little sense to me. any help would be vastly appreciated

If, for a given computer, the operating system, utilities, application software and data will occupy 170Gb of main store, (with a further 100Gb reserved for future use). What size disk should be specified to support all this along with 64Gb of virtual memory?

Thanks

Mike

johnb35 · 04-11-2008, 06:12 PM

Get a drive anywhere from 500gb on up.

Deviousmind · 04-12-2008, 02:15 AM

250gb min

aSc1@3 · 04-12-2008, 03:03 AM

probably this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136178

g25racer · 04-12-2008, 03:28 AM

Here's a good size drive that I just bought!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152100

04-11-2008, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
mikeyrivered New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1	Hard Drive Question Got this question from uni, makes very little sense to me. any help would be vastly appreciated If, for a given computer, the operating system, utilities, application software and data will occupy 170Gb of main store, (with a further 100Gb reserved for future use). What size disk should be specified to support all this along with 64Gb of virtual memory? Thanks Mike

04-11-2008, 06:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 932	Get a drive anywhere from 500gb on up. __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

04-12-2008, 03:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
aSc1@3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Age: 13 Posts: 415	probably this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136178 __________________ MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram DVD&CD Reader--CD Burner--200gb Hdd ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU(Broken) nVidia GeforceFX 5200 AGP 8x--XP Pro SP3 Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky!

04-12-2008, 03:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,903	Here's a good size drive that I just bought!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152100 __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

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04-12-2008, 02:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deviousmind Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 138	250gb min

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