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Cholly Chi
Acme Entropy
#1 - 2014-03-14 17:03:45 UTC
Hello folks,

The Eve folder on my hard drive is now 18.9 GB in size. It's more than twice as large as my OS.
Is this normal on a Windows 7 x86 platform?
If it grows much larger, I'll have to repartition the drive.
Would un/reinstalling the program reduce the size (for now...)?

Cheersomeness,

Cholly.
Lothros Andastar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-03-14 17:05:05 UTC
My fresh install is 12.5 Gigs. Check the Eve folder for .patch files. You should be able to delete them.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#3 - 2014-03-14 17:07:53 UTC
Lothros Andastar wrote:
My fresh install is 12.5 Gigs. Check the Eve folder for .patch files. You should be able to delete them.

^^ That, and then check your launcher settings to tell it to delete patches after installing them.
RomeStar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-03-14 17:07:59 UTC
CAme here expecting to see actual 500lb baby left disappointed.

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Cholly Chi
Acme Entropy
#5 - 2014-03-14 17:15:47 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Lothros Andastar wrote:
My fresh install is 12.5 Gigs. Check the Eve folder for .patch files. You should be able to delete them.

^^ That, and then check your launcher settings to tell it to delete patches after installing them.

Done and done - got rid of just over 6gb in clutter. Thanks all!
Karen Avioras
The Raging Raccoons
#6 - 2014-03-14 17:39:41 UTC
was expecting some kind of news article...
Spurty
#7 - 2014-03-14 17:40:53 UTC
Curious fact: your hard drive weighs the same when it's empty as it does when it's full.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#8 - 2014-03-14 17:43:38 UTC
Spurty wrote:
Curious fact: your hard drive weighs the same when it's empty as it does when it's full.

Not if you fill it with sand. Granted, it may strictly speaking no longer qualify as a hard drive at that point…
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#9 - 2014-03-14 17:49:36 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Spurty wrote:
Curious fact: your hard drive weighs the same when it's empty as it does when it's full.

Not if you fill it with sand. Granted, it may strictly speaking no longer qualify as a hard drive at that point…


Fill it with lead, it will be both heavy and shielded from government satellites.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#10 - 2014-03-14 17:54:02 UTC
How the **** does this have to do with a 500 pound baby!?!?!?!



Unless you consider your harddrive your baby...and it cost you 500 pounds.. then maybe..MAYBE it qualifies, but seeing as you didn't mention that being the case, im assuming this was supposed to be about a woman squeezing a hilariously large child out of her clown hole... and that aint happening in this thread either....

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Cholly Chi
Acme Entropy
#11 - 2014-03-14 18:07:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Cholly Chi
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
How the **** does this have to do with a 500 pound baby!?!?!?!

Unless you consider your harddrive your baby...and it cost you 500 pounds.. then maybe..MAYBE it qualifies, but seeing as you didn't mention that being the case, im assuming this was supposed to be about a woman squeezing a hilariously large child out of her clown hole... and that aint happening in this thread either....


The headline got my question resolved in minutes.
Use of the particular simile connotes the effort required for the care and feeding of a frequently obstreperous computer.
Absent a forum category specifically dealing with such minor technical issues, seemed like 'general discussion' was ok.
'Clown hole'? Really? I can't speak to your matrilineage, but I most certainly came out of a vagina.

Thus endeth the message.
ashley Eoner
#12 - 2014-03-14 18:28:34 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Spurty wrote:
Curious fact: your hard drive weighs the same when it's empty as it does when it's full.

Not if you fill it with sand. Granted, it may strictly speaking no longer qualify as a hard drive at that point…

If it's an IBM desktar that's actually quite likely.