05-04-2012, 07:36 PM
(05-01-2012, 10:58 PM)swirly Wrote: Any estimates on how much space will be needed to install D3? I'm constantly in a crunch for finding enough hard drive space for things and so am going to have to deliberately make room for it. The installer is 7.60G and the D3 specs say it requires 12G so I'm estimating 19.60G to get it installed and then I should get that 7.60G back after I delete the installer. That sound about right to everyone?
Running with a full hard drive is bound to cause you plenty of grief. More so if the available space is scattered around, instead of in one neat pocket. I would strongly urge you to get another internal drive and move everything to there that isn't finicky about wanting to be on the default drive.
I personally consider a primary drive to be "full" if it's down to 20% of its remaining space. Whatever junk I'm storing isn't worth the pain of dealing with the lag issues caused by an overstuffed drive -- especially one that Windows is constantly using for any number of temporary activities.
Which is why I have a second drive, where I can store both the most critical things and the least -- the most for increased security, the least for performance enhancement.
- Sirian