If it’s an SSD, the nature of SSDs mean that more available space = longer potential lifespan. When there’s no space to work with, performance is going to suffer. Most large updates - including windows - are going to require twice the space of whatever is being installed, as it will have to temporarily extract those files before installation. Everything is set to download to that drive - Chrome, app installers, sample library zips, Native Access, etc.Īs a general rule, a drive of your size is going to be a problem no matter what. It gets a lot of use, but it keeps a lot crap off my OS drive (and it means I’m not always extracting huge library files on my sample library SSDs. I’ve written like 20TB to it over the last year and bit. All my extracting / installing happens from that drive. I have a spare 1TB HDD I use for pretty much all downloads - sample library, Chrome browser downloads, etc. I would also recommend having some kind of scratch disk for downloads. For this reason alone it’s usually good to have a larger OS drive with ample free space. Especially for uninstalling or updating some programs. If you look at TreeSize or WinDirStat, you’ll notice that MSI / Temp files take up a lot of space (depending on how old your OS isntall is…it will just keep increasing.) Unfortunately, even if most of them aren’t in use, removing these files can potentially cause problems. If you are using dozens and dozens of programs, there’s a lot of wasted space.Īlso consider installer files extracted to temp, and windows update fragments. There are some companies that install every format automatically. It also includes data files from companies like U-He - these can be put on another drive.Īlso watch for programs that install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Most programs can have their data libraries linked to another drive - that includes all of Cubase’s. Also, sample library content from stuff like Absynth. Also watch out for impulse responses from reverbs / cab emulators. And that’s not including sample content, which is on another drive. exe files, presets, manuals, and not including. My Native Instruments folder (Komplete Ultimate) with only about 1/2 of the content installed, takes up 3GB. dll files of various effects / instruments, etc. Tack on Cubase, and Windows, various standard Windows programs, and you’ve probably eaten through 1/2 your drive.Īlso important. Hibernation files can be several GBs as well. If your pagefile is 4GB, that’s 5% of your drive gone right there. Depending on your settings these can take up a significant amount of space…especially on a drive as small as the one you’re using. There’s also WinDirStat - pretty much the same as Treesize Free, I just find it faster:Īnother thing to check is hibernation and pagefile.
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