Hard Drive Question.

[Jbro]

I've noticed that as I copy data/install programs on my Laptop, the weight of the Laptop increases. I have a bad back and am medically limited on the amount of weight I can carry so I need to be very carefull not to inflict injury upon myself.

I have also noticed my XBox feels heavier as well (the more games I save or purchase from arcade). I generally don't travel with my XBox so that is not an issue for me, but note the I am having the same results.

My question, what is the weight/file ratio? So for example, how many GB's = 6oz? I dread the day I need a dolly to commute to work with my Laptop.

Thanks in advance.

[SMACKDAB]

Why don't you just put your laptop on a diet, or make it take a dump or something?

[natty]

This is a serious issue. As laptops get bigger hard drives they're going to get so heavy that even people with regular backs won't be able to carry them.

[Jbro]

So if I download a 2 gig video how much will that weigh?

[SMACKDAB]

So if I download a 2 gig video how much will that weigh?

Depends on what the video was shot in.

[Kevin Greene]

Depends on what the video was shot in.

Duh

Whatever you do, don't compress your files. Increases weight by 3 times. :eek:

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Roughly, 700 MB adds up to about .03 oz's worth of weight (weight difference before and after a full cd burns). So, converting that to GB at 1024 MB per gig, Then 100 GB would equal about 4oz (give or take). Therefore, to increase weight by a pound, 400 GB worth of info needs to be used up.

[Jbro]

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[Acewalker]

lolwut?

[faultlessjoint]

seen it before:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/hard-drive-weight-increasing/

unless jbro is also K_Mclovin

[SMACKDAB]

seen it before:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/hard-drive-weight-increasing/

unless jbro is also K_Mclovin

I don't know what kinda racket you and your buddy Shantanu Kaushik, or K. Mcloving are trying to pull, but we are engaged in serious conversation here.

This man needs help, so let us help him.

Thank you!

:gnorsi:

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Ugh...Do I really have to nerd this up and ruin the joke for ya? C'mon folks, this is stuff from the age of the floppy disks.

[dimbee]

Data=weight?

Really?

[djshinodalp]

This is a rare error when the overwriting mechanism of the memory banks lead to an overflow of data because it cannot add on and thus super-stack, increasing the weight significantly. While normal weight/file ratio is approximately 0.02 oz/GB, in rare cases such as these, it can go as high as somewhere around 6 oz/GB.

One solution is going to the system32 folder (C:\WINDOWS\system32) and deleting certain unnecessary files, but too much tampering may cause permanent changes to your computer.