help with disk space ... You shouldn't be running out of space as soon as you get a laptop. As suggested, maybe try and reformat and reload. Will probably help ...

virgie · 04-09-2009, 11:51 PM

I just got my son a generic D9C notebook for gaming, but it does not have enough disk space for using Steam and his games. Is there an external hard drive I can use that will solve this problem?

zzpulp · 04-10-2009, 10:30 AM

Yes, you can get any external hard drive, format it to ntfs, and then install games on the external hd in windows. That is the most user-friendly way.

Another way would be to gather necessary data off the computer and reformat it. I'm not sure how big the hard drive is so even this may not work. I'd recommend you just get the external hard drive.

wallypa · 04-10-2009, 11:55 AM

I got one of these for my daughter. It's already formatted. Just plug and play.

http://www.staples.com/office/suppli...mArea=SEASONAL

monkeypants · 10-07-2009, 10:42 AM

You shouldn't be running out of space as soon as you get a laptop. As suggested, maybe try and reformat and reload. Will probably help with performance as well. If not, maybe an application like PerfectDisk which can defrag the disk and help free up some space.

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virgie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 Credits: 221	help with disk space I just got my son a generic D9C notebook for gaming, but it does not have enough disk space for using Steam and his games. Is there an external hard drive I can use that will solve this problem?

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wallypa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pacifica, by Hwy One Posts: 416 Credits: 4,921	I got one of these for my daughter. It's already formatted. Just plug and play. http://www.staples.com/office/suppli...mArea=SEASONAL __________________ Intel E8400 @3.0 oc'd to 3.6 Asus Maximus 500 GB x2 raid0 4GB Corsair Dominator ATI HD4870 Crossfire CoolerMaster Cosmos WinXP Opteron 165 @2.4 Abit KN8 Ultra 320 GB x2 Raid0 2 GB G skill DDR400 BFG 8800GT 24" Dell SB Audigy Creative 5.1 speakers Logitech G7 CoolerMaster Centurion

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monkeypants Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 92 Credits: 504	You shouldn't be running out of space as soon as you get a laptop. As suggested, maybe try and reformat and reload. Will probably help with performance as well. If not, maybe an application like PerfectDisk which can defrag the disk and help free up some space. __________________ New laptop (hasn't arrived yet ): Alienware M17x Intel Core 2 Duo T9800 17in Wide UXGA (1920X1200) 4096MB 1067MHz DDR3 1TB (2x500GB) Free Fall Sensor Raid 0 (7200RPM) Slot Load Blu-Ray ROM Combo SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280Ms

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