Having an external hard drive for a computer is an invaluable resource. Not only does it back up the data that is on it, but it is a means of transferring data from one device to another. But if we’re not monitoring the storage space on an external hard drive, it can run out quickly, and we wouldn’t know until there was hardly any space left.
Even though my last external hard drive had more than enough space on it the day I bought it, after a few years, I found myself spending hours tidying up the files, deleting things to make more room on it.
Ironically, hard drive space on a computer seems limitless because we don’t see the files taking up any physical space. It’s not like a bookshelf that gets filled up with no space left to fit anymore books or movies. On a computer, we have to check the storage space to see how much space is left. If we don’t check it, it will seem as if we can fill up the storage space as much as we want.
A few months ago, I bought an external hard drive that was considerably larger than the last one I had. Time will tell if the space on it is sufficient–if I will need to buy an even larger one in the future.
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