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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago

Your harddrive is probably full

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Your harddrive is probably full

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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago
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I currently have 17 GB free space on my root drive, out of 0.47 TB usable space, that’s 3% free space. I also have an additional harddrive installed, 12 TB, it has 140 GB free, which may seem a lot but it’s actually only about 1%. Your harddrive is probably pretty full too. Maybe not as crammed, but odds are it’s probably closer to full than empty. I ran a poll on mastodon and approximately half of the respondents, counting 81 people in total, had a harddrive that was more than 75% full.
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  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I just keep my hard drives full of movies and tv shows. I am a datahoarder who operates constantly on the assumption that internet access in my region might permanently go down tomorrow.

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      Jellyfin?

      croc-pog

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Plex.

        • razgriz [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          I set up a Plex last year but found out my Internet upload speed was too slow to share it with anyone

          kitty-cri

          • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            Jellyfin straight up doesn’t work for me. I can install it and point it at the right directories and it’ll just say “nah bud, these folders are empty. Also, enjoy this Windows Registry error on boot forever, even after uninstall!”

            This is the only non-linux device in my life, basically a Steam and Plex server.

            • razgriz [she/her]@hexbear.net
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              Everything Plex has done lately has me anxiously checking if Jellyfin has made any significant progress every month or so lol

              • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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                Yep! Same here, and the answer has been “lol no” every time. I have a lifetime Plex pass at least, but who knows how much longer before they’ll just start undercutting that.

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              You installed Jellyfin on windows?

              • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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                Huge mistake, I know. Unfortunately I have one computer I can’t switch off of windows because I have a windows mixed reality headset and use it regularly.

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                  The one windows mixed reality user on earth is on hexbear?

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      I’m gunna’ thrive in the no-internet but somehow electricity future.

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      deleted by creator

  • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I need more people to download columbo so I can get my seed ratio up and delete it.

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      This is me but it’s like an obscure PS4 game and it’s going to take 2 years before anyone seeds it partially from me.

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    If you want to be really technical, most of our hard drives are full simply because there are unindexed files sitting in what one considers to be “empty space.”

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    I’ve got like 80 GB free on my pc and 130 GB free on my phone, glorious open real estate jeb

  • SchillMenaker [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I read this post and checked all my drives and you wouldn’t believe it but every single one of them was full. I pulled out all that weird technology garbage and closed them back up and now my computer isn’t even turning on for some reason. Please help.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    My ssd is full of pictures of my wife, love her, love you bby

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    I cant delete stuff my hoard without sorting through it first, which I swear Ill do next week.

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    My storage is ephemeral like my life so I only use ramdisk.

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    chatgpt will remember everything i need to know

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Most of my hard drive is games which, yes, need better optimization, but have very large media files no matter what

  • Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    If I need more space I’ll just buy another ssd, how much could it cost? how-much-could-it-cost

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    I’ve definitely had to move things around on my internals but I’m only at 3.2tb on my 8tb external.

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    Nah I have like 4-5 Terrabyte on different SSDs I bought over the years. I have over 30 games installed and a lot of vids saved and it barely makes a difference. TLDR my harddrive is not full. Im a bit of a tech enthusiast (everyday folk) I think I totally can see their hardrives being pretty full though.

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    Unused storage space is wasted storage space!

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      What the hell am I paying for to have an empty warehouse, it’s only useful if it’s storing something

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    Having been so accustomed to a laptop where memory is always modest, now I have a desktop with a 4TB hard drive and I really can’t fill it. I’ve been storing every movie that I torrent just so I can share it with anyone if the chance comes, but it’s more than what I can consume. I’m also the type that keeps browser tabs to a minimum (preferably only one), so I guess it’s a more general behaviour

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