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totosquirt · 12-17-2006, 11:01 AM

I have an 80GB iPod. I want to fill it up with tons of files. Will my iPod load music and playlists slower if I add too much music? (I mean like 40 or 50GB rather than 72GB where the cache might have to fill up more frequently)

If it does, what is the recommended percentage or used storage I should fill up on my iPod so that it is efficient? (Won't slow down and will fit the most files)

Does the iPod hard drive have the same reasoning for having at least 25% (or is it another percentage) of your hard drive (on your computer) free? Unless that extra space on the computer is for something else...

please help

mjmoonwalker · 12-17-2006, 11:02 AM

By your reasoning, it would run slightly slower, but IMHO, the difference would be way too small for you to even notice. I've filled my iPod up to the rim with files and it's still running fine. It won't take say ... 5 seconds to load your playlists. It should run fine.

As for your last question regarding the reasoning, I have no idea, but I assume it's different as one's a computer and one's built to play music files.

Kutanks · 12-17-2006, 12:12 PM

Yeah, it runs slower, but if you restore it, then it goes back to top speed, it slows down as a result of file fragmentation, try restoring your ipod or defraging it, this improves performance by a substantial margin

totosquirt · 12-24-2006, 05:40 PM

thx; i have 38GB of data on my iPod - is it slower? i don't know

hopefully not.

i will only know if i restore the iPod and compare speeds

paranoidxe · 12-24-2006, 07:21 PM

You really aren't going to notice any slowdown because of the buffer, the 64MB buffer should be filled most of the time anyway, therefore there shouldn't be much drive activity when you use it until the buffer gets empty then the HD will have to spin back up. Yes if course a hard drive is going to get slower the more it is full thats the inherit evil of hard drives..but will you notice it? probably not.

My advice? Get fillin!

12-17-2006, 11:01 AM	#1
totosquirt Junior Lounger Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 43	80GB Capacity Question I have an 80GB iPod. I want to fill it up with tons of files. Will my iPod load music and playlists slower if I add too much music? (I mean like 40 or 50GB rather than 72GB where the cache might have to fill up more frequently) If it does, what is the recommended percentage or used storage I should fill up on my iPod so that it is efficient? (Won't slow down and will fit the most files) Does the iPod hard drive have the same reasoning for having at least 25% (or is it another percentage) of your hard drive (on your computer) free? Unless that extra space on the computer is for something else... please help

12-17-2006, 11:02 AM	#2
mjmoonwalker Veteran Lounger Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shangri-La Posts: 3,410	By your reasoning, it would run slightly slower, but IMHO, the difference would be way too small for you to even notice. I've filled my iPod up to the rim with files and it's still running fine. It won't take say ... 5 seconds to load your playlists. It should run fine. As for your last question regarding the reasoning, I have no idea, but I assume it's different as one's a computer and one's built to play music files. __________________ HP USB Disk Format Tool \|\| Transfer from iPod to HD \|\|Blog\|\| iPod 4G 20GB/iPod nano 1G 2GB/iPod touch 16GB/Lenovo F20 Cokebook/Shure SE110

12-17-2006, 12:12 PM	#3
Kutanks Senior Lounger Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 114	Yeah, it runs slower, but if you restore it, then it goes back to top speed, it slows down as a result of file fragmentation, try restoring your ipod or defraging it, this improves performance by a substantial margin __________________ iPods: 80GB Video (Black), 30 GB Video (White), 1GB 1G iPod Nano (Black), 20GB B&W HP 4G iPod, 512MB 1st Gen iPod Shuffle (Lost) Comps: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 1GB Ram: Win XP Pro/ Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB Ram: Windows Vista Home Premium/ 3.2GHz P4 3GB Ram: Win XP Pro/ Core 2 Duo 2Ghz 2GB Ram: Vista Home Premium.

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12-24-2006, 05:40 PM	#4
totosquirt Junior Lounger Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 43	thx; i have 38GB of data on my iPod - is it slower? i don't know hopefully not. i will only know if i restore the iPod and compare speeds

12-24-2006, 07:21 PM	#5
paranoidxe Veteran Lounger Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,263	You really aren't going to notice any slowdown because of the buffer, the 64MB buffer should be filled most of the time anyway, therefore there shouldn't be much drive activity when you use it until the buffer gets empty then the HD will have to spin back up. Yes if course a hard drive is going to get slower the more it is full thats the inherit evil of hard drives..but will you notice it? probably not. My advice? Get fillin!