Does filling up internal hard drive slow down the computer?

Hi there,

My music library is about 100Gb. I have two options: either put it on an external FW drive or on the internal iMac drive (I have 190 gigs left): I prefer the internal drive as I wanna keep everything together. Here's my question: does filling up my internal HD lead to a slower working computer? Or is there no difference compared to putting everything on a Lacie drive?

Thanks.

2.1 GHz PowerPC iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 11, 2009 2:01 AM

17 replies

Jul 11, 2009 1:45 PM in response to Noiseboy2006

Yeah, but if your hard drive is so full it risks corruption and doesn't easily handle the large files you're planning to work with, then you have bigger problems than just fragmentation.

R C-R

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Jul 11, 2009 5:05 PM in response to Noiseboy2006

The Apple article states that the conditions for which defragmenting the hard drive has any +practical benefits+ are rare.

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Does filling up internal hard drive slow down the computer?