To take care of your storage space problem, all files not required to run a program could be moved to an external hard drive. This will leave all the needed space free your computer needs to operate. I use a USB external, its 250GB. Have only used about 1/3 of the space on there as of yet. I have about 12GB of music, and I have no clue how much in video and pictures. Additionally if your computer crashes, it doesn't do anything to the external. Ontop of all those features, should I want to take my collection of music, videos or pictures somewhere, and dont want to transport an entire computer, this makes them quite mobile.

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