Windows 10: New laptop - half full hard drive

Discus and support New laptop - half full hard drive in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi, my laptop is brand new - I have appended the stats below my question; It has quite a small HD but the laptop is two weeks old. It runs fine but I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by ImNannyOgg, Jan 13, 2023.

  1. IMNANNYOGG
    ImNannyOgg Win User

    New laptop - half full hard drive


    Hi, my laptop is brand new - I have appended the stats below my question; It has quite a small HD but the laptop is two weeks old. It runs fine but I noticed that my HD is more than HALF used already 265GB the biggest app I have is Sims4, which is 19GB, After that, there's nothing else of significance.Since I got it, I.ve played sims4 and World of Warcraft, which has no significant sized files and checked emails, thats about it.How can I have possibly filled up half the HD when I haven't really done anything much with it?If anyone can help, I'd be ecstatic!Thank you in advance.Stats:Operatin

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    ImNannyOgg, Jan 13, 2023
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  2. SCOUTINGWRAITH
    scoutingwraith Win User

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.
     
    scoutingwraith, Jan 13, 2023
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  3. DIPPYSKOODLEZ
    Dippyskoodlez Win User
    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    If you ghost the OS from disk to disk with the same system it should work fine. Thing is you have to GHOST the disk, including the MBR or it won't be bootable. Any other normal laptop drive should work as long as the connections the same.



    If you cannot make a backup install CD, you'll likely need to locate a windows install CD, unless you can ghost the drive. Thats pretty much your only options atm.
     
    Dippyskoodlez, Jan 13, 2023
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  4. JAMUPNORTH
    jamupnorth Win User

    New laptop - half full hard drive

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    Yeah but it is a bit of a bummer when i have paid for a genuine copy of windows mce.
    but i do have a copy of vista that i could put in the laptop but i am not too sure it will be good as it is slower on my desktop which i dual boot wwith xp. the spec is

    3000+ SEMPRON CPU
    1GB DDR RAM
    40 GB RAM
     
    jamupnorth, Jan 13, 2023
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