128GB is no longer enough as an OS drive at least on Windows.

[Skkooomer Lord]

This might just be an outlier with me, but my 128GB SATA SSD I boot Windows 11 off had 0 bytes of space left after I started to download mods for Skyrim.
Yes I changed the download directory to my 8TB HDD, however Vortex caches it all on the C drive.

It gave me an excuse to buy a 3rd Crucial BX500 SSD 480GB, I have one in my PS3 and another BX500 1TB in my PC, they are inexpensive drives, not the fastest but don't need to be.

Picked it up for 28 pounds off Amazon, great deal honestly.

So now have.

2TB Crucial P5 Plus NVME.
1TB WD Blue M.2 SSD
1TB Crucial BX500
480GB Crucial BX500
8TB WD RED HDD



Has anyone here actually moved from HDD storage altogether? It's very handy as a backup drive.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

A couple reasons your Windows OS drive keeps filling up.


> You have wasted space right from the start of using Win10/11 due to the Hibernation File. With OS on SSD you do not need Hibernate Mode what so ever. Can easily disable that and in-turn gain back that disk space by launching CMD (Run As Admin) and enter the command:

powercfg -h off
press enter
restart WinOS to apply the change.


> System Restore has grown bulky over time and you maybe never took the time to wipe all of that out, which you should do from time to time. Also setting a realistic max size for it helps also. If you would like to view each restore point and only delete certain ones, you can do this easily with CCleaner.

> Going into Settings > System > Storage > Temporary Files
and wiping all of that out once a week or month. You can also run MS Disk Cleanup app (run as admin) and there might even be some more temp junk you can wipe out to free up space as well. DO NOT run these options and/or delete anything if you have just had Windows Updates doing any updates or making changes. As you will first want to apply those updates and restart your OS before running such tools to wipe out old left-over junk.

> If you play Games, most of them store save slot and config files within the user's Documents structure. Changing its location to a secondary drive will help get all of that off your OS Drive. You could do the same for the user's Downloads folder as well.

[Viking2121]

Well, For gaming and Windows, I don't use HDD's, even use a 500GB sata SSD for my recording drive, SSD's are getting cheap enough, Microcenter has a 2TB m.2 drive now for $70 USD, I picked one up, gonna pick up another here soon, 4TB of m.2 just for games, and a 1TB gen4 m.2 for windows, its plenty, overkill even.

I still have a couple of HDD's a 8TB and a 12TB HDD, the 8TB is more of a local NAS drive, its nice to not have to use flash drives when working on a computer, the 12TB I use for my Jellyfin content, its way more space than I need but it was a way to offload my DVDs and digitize some really old VHS tapes so they don't loose quality from sitting in storage.

And for windows and programs, 120GB is enough, yeah I wouldn't go as far as installing games on it, but its plenty for Windows 11.

[76561198343548661]

Ha ha . The prices of ssd s have fallen so much . 1TB for 50 bucks and 2TB for 100 bucks . Happy gaming every one !

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, you can easily find some great deals on Crucial NVME 2TB and 4TB

[[☥] - CJ -]

a lot of products over $50 on Amazon allow monthly payments through Amazon (Not Affirm) including PC hardware

Finding these can help you get good stuff for cheap.. a few months ago for example i was able to get a 1TB SSD through it which greatly helped me upgrade my OS drive.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Before Black-Friday/Cyber-Week sales 2022 it was basically impossible to get a decent NVME 1TB or 2TB below a starting price of $120+

Now look... here is something fairly decent for the price and with the brand you know you have good support.

Crucial P3 PCIe Gen3 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 3500MB/s - CT500P3SSD8

500GB = 31.99
1TB = 45.99
2TB = 98.99
4TB = 199.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B25LQQPC

[[☥] - CJ -]

That 2TB happens to be $33.00/mo (3 mo) with 0% APR
But buying with amazon doesnt always show up instead of Affirm, tends to be random/by chance, so its something to look out for.

[76561198343548661]

Crucial P3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME is 99 bucks , for instance

[[N]ebsun]

I don't use anything under 1TB - there is no point having something smaller when prices are so low... 2x 4TB for HDD, and a few 1TB SSD helps keep everything.

[Pocahawtness]

Nguyên văn bởi Rikishi:

This might just be an outlier with me, but my 128GB SATA SSD I boot Windows 11 off had 0 bytes of space left after I started to download mods for Skyrim.
Yes I changed the download directory to my 8TB HDD, however Vortex caches it all on the C drive.

It gave me an excuse to buy a 3rd Crucial BX500 SSD 480GB, I have one in my PS3 and another BX500 1TB in my PC, they are inexpensive drives, not the fastest but don't need to be.

Picked it up for 28 pounds off Amazon, great deal honestly.

So now have.

2TB Crucial P5 Plus NVME.
1TB WD Blue M.2 SSD
1TB Crucial BX500
480GB Crucial BX500
8TB WD RED HDD



Has anyone here actually moved from HDD storage altogether? It's very handy as a backup drive.

Yes it is. My copy of Win 11 only uses 53GB.

[Overseer]

I only have Skyrim saves on C. Which do amass to almost 2 GB. But at no point is that a problem and of course has nothing to do with Windows.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Just remember about symbolic links.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Again though. If you have 256GB or smaller OS Drive there is no reason to install games to C Drive. All of the major Game Clients have built in settings that allow you to install games to other drive letters.

[Cotivity]

Nguyên văn bởi Rikishi:

This might just be an outlier with me, but my 128GB SATA SSD I boot Windows 11 off had 0 bytes of space left after I started to download mods for Skyrim.
Yes I changed the download directory to my 8TB HDD, however Vortex caches it all on the C drive.

It gave me an excuse to buy a 3rd Crucial BX500 SSD 480GB, I have one in my PS3 and another BX500 1TB in my PC, they are inexpensive drives, not the fastest but don't need to be.

Picked it up for 28 pounds off Amazon, great deal honestly.

So now have.

2TB Crucial P5 Plus NVME.
1TB WD Blue M.2 SSD
1TB Crucial BX500
480GB Crucial BX500
8TB WD RED HDD



Has anyone here actually moved from HDD storage altogether? It's very handy as a backup drive.

Yeah, I'd say 512 gb is about the minimum you'd want for an OS drive, these days. Factor in a few bloated system updates, and some stubborn OS drive install games, and you'll find 512gb being close to being space starved. Thankfully, Win11 now allows you to "move" their win store installs around now...

[Lixire]

Ditched HDDs entirely in 2019. I just don't see the appeal in those anymore unless you need a very large amount of space.