TS2020 on an SSD?

[Crosstie]

I "only" have about 275 GB in my TS folder, but I recently invested in a 1TB SSD for future proofing. This is the sweet spot pricewise over here.These drives
are actually only about 930GB of usable space. I would echo Mike's advice to get the biggest you can afford. And, if you can, use it exclusively for gaming.

[gptech]

I "only" have about 275 GB in my TS folder, but I recently invested in a 1TB SSD for future proofing. This is the sweet spot pricewise over here.These drives
are actually only about 930GB of usable space. I would echo Mike's advice to get the biggest you can afford. And, if you can, use it exclusively for gaming.

As does a spinning drive. The disparity in disc space is due to disc manufactures using 1000MB as 1GB, whereas Windows works on 1024MB being 1 GB … so factor that up to the size of todays drives and the *lost* 70GB is purely a *mathematical error*

https://www.howtogeek.com/123268/window ... -capacity/ does abetter job than me explaining it.

[gptech]

My Railworks folder is 125GB

Even mines bigger (170GB) and I've a very slimmed down installation. Rather than physical size, your woes are more likely to be fragmentation/lack of free space on the drive--what size is it rated at?

[alanch]

My Railworks folder is 125GB

Even mines bigger (170GB) and I've a very slimmed down installation. Rather than physical size, your woes are more likely to be fragmentation/lack of free space on the drive--what size is it rated at?

Only 476 GB in my installation, with a further 22 GB of routes that I moved into separate storage - explains why I had to move TS from my 500 GB system drive to a new 1TB SSD.

I'm a real magpie for rolling stock - I can't stop collecting it!

[Crosstie]

I "only" have about 275 GB in my TS folder, but I recently invested in a 1TB SSD for future proofing. This is the sweet spot pricewise over here.These drives
are actually only about 930GB of usable space. I would echo Mike's advice to get the biggest you can afford. And, if you can, use it exclusively for gaming.

As does a spinning drive. The disparity in disc space is due to disc manufactures using 1000MB as 1GB, whereas Windows works on 1024MB being 1 GB … so factor that up to the size of todays drives and the *lost* 70GB is purely a *mathematical error*

https://www.howtogeek.com/123268/window ... -capacity/ does abetter job than me explaining it.

True, of course, but I was actually referring to the " over provisioning" that Samsung (and others) build into their SSDs, which, by default, is about 7%
or about 70 GB in a 1TB drive. Of course, this can be adjusted or eliminated by the user.

[gptech]

Of course, this can be adjusted or eliminated by the user.

But why?...with a Terrabyte of space to play with, 70GB is nothing to worry about. Far better to have that "reserve" space for when cells lose their efficiency.

[shaun123]

My Railworks folder is 125GB

Even mines bigger (170GB) and I've a very slimmed down installation. Rather than physical size, your woes are more likely to be fragmentation/lack of free space on the drive--what size is it rated at?

It was 1TB, now 230GB left of free space, never imagined I’d use so much, I do have other games installed GTA, COD etc.

Just run disk defrag, it was 1% fragmented.

[peterfhayes]

Gary

As does a spinning drive. The disparity in disc space is due to disc manufactures using 1000MB as 1GB, whereas Windows works on 1024MB being 1 GB … so factor that up to the size of todays drives and the *lost* 70GB is purely a *mathematical error*

https://www.howtogeek.com/123268/window ... -capacity/ does abetter job than me explaining it.

Good point just because the OS calculates space differently to a disk manufacturer doesn't mean you have physically lost space - it was never there in the first place. It's just a different naming convention. (False logic )

You could argue that you "gain" space if you use the built-in Windows compression feature.

pH