Hard drives are bigger and cheaper.. how do people fill them legally?

Hedge · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:12

Always seeing external hard drives getting cheaper in stores and internal ones are cheaper again. Many people here have at least 1tb these days.

Game installs take up quite a lot now, but barely 100gb for average people.

Music and movies are pretty much the only way I see to utilise this space.

Is there actually legitimate uses for a 1tb external hard drive beyond carrying movies about?

Dunno if there is much of a discussion here but it seems most people I know fill drives with movies or music. And id question if its above board

dirtybeatfreak · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:14

i could fill terabytes with music samples easily (yes all legal too)

Macky · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:14

Of course not. Unless you are rich and rip all of your songs and movies that you bought and save them as a 'backup'

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This Side Up · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:15

Some people like to take and edit films on their PC, like holiday stuff etc, or maybe do the same with music. They could quite quickly fill a 1tb + hdd.

paulh · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:15

Macky said:
Of course not. Unless you are rich and rip all of your songs and movies that you bought and save them as a 'backup' .

"backing up" Movies is not legal either though.

Glaucus · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:16

Macky said:
Of course not. Unless you are rich and rip all of your songs and movies that you bought and save them as a 'backup' .

That's not above board.

Viper² · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:16

Porn.

strang3r · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:16

I'm pretty sure that all if my steam games would fill a 1tb drive.

jakejacob0 · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:17

strang3r said:
I'm pretty sure that all if my steam games would fill a 1tb drive.

Spot on

Robert1986 · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:17

I find it funny how internet is getting faster and faster these days but always wonder why anyone who doesn't warez would care? An 8mb connection is fine for streaming youtube, going on facebook and twitter. Having a 50mb connection only means you want to download a ton of media.

My family pc has a 120gb HDD, and they have been using it for years and have only used up 40gb. I have 3tb's and I am thinking of buying another TB.

:/

Pudney · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:18

I like to have every game I've ever owned installed on the pc despite not playing them all. However 1.2tb isn't enough

THMRK · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:18

I could easily record and write a ton of music and fill a terrabyte hard disk.

In fact I've almost filled a second 500GB hard disk with music I've written/sampled etc.

Hedge · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:19

alangelluk said:
i could fill terabytes with music samples easily (yes all legal too)

You could, but it's very unlikely anyone would.

RomanNose · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:19

Htpc, quite easy to get through 1tb with blu ray "backups".

Glaucus · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:20

Robert1986 said:
Having a 50mb connection only means you want to download a ton of media.

I have 50mb and don't download illegally. I want my games and films fast, I don't want to sit and wait for ages, same with software.

Judgeneo · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:21

Video and photo editing takes up a huge amount. That with games + music and its very easy to fill up that much space.
Hell my programs folder has been over 100Gb in the past.

Cosimo · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:26

Don't forget images and video. Not the funny stuff but photography.

Tonyator · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:31

I don't.

qqg3 · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:35

Photo's, my photography fills a lot.

Rroff · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:36

My steam install is about 900gig, iTunes library - all 100% legal is about 750gig ish - I have around 1TB of uncompressed recordings of game footage with fraps as well - tho I don't need to keep all of those.