I'm currently using an 80GB hard drive for backup/data storage. As my system
is backed up or should I say 'imaged' using Acronis True Image the contents
of the hard drive image are actually compressed, so once I image my drive it
is compressed to around 30GB. I don't do incremental backups I always do
full backups, so the original backup image I deleted and then a new one
created, thus keeping a similar file size. Incidentally, I do also keep a
full backup on a set of DVDs just in case of problems with the removable
drive.
Data backups can average, in my case, around 25GB so with an 80GB drive I
still have some to spare - but once again even the data back ups are also
backed up to DVDs as a precaution. It is regularly drummed into us to buy
the largest hard drive you can afford. In my case 80GB is fine, but I am
planning on buying a 250GB drive to replace it, mainly because I want to run
virtual machine software from the data/backup drive instead of my main
drive.
You currently are using around 25 GB of space on your hard drive (basing it
on the figures you have supplied) so I would have though that 160GB would be
enough or your needs - unless, of course, you can get a 250GB for a good
price, in which case I would suggest going for the larger drive. If you
can't get a good price on the 250GB at a good price then stick with the
160GB.
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"Valentin" <labandera63@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Depends upon what other software you are going to install. Personally I
>> set my Vista partition to 100GB. As I am running Office 2007, Adobe
>> Photoshop, Office accounting, and a few other main programs I currently
>> have around 55GB of space left on the partition (backups and data are
>> stored on a USB removable drive). So, as you can see, even 50GB can soon
>> disappear.
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> I'm thinking of buying a USB removable drive for backup and storage.
> My hard drive is "159 GB free of 184 GB".
> I was thinking of buying a 160 GB USB drive.
> Question: is this size sufficient or does it have to be at least the size
> of my hard drive (~200 GB).
> Thanks.
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