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| 09-23-12 09:33am - 4434 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Well here another fine mess i've got my self into . I recently have ran out of drive space for the collection, funny really did not see it coming. I tried some house cleaning but still no room. I have other collections like private movies pictures, and over 16,000 song titles aside from my porn collection. o allot going on on the drives. Buying another drive is not justified right now as I already have enough drives I just think I have to much porn LOL and seems I like them all. Kinda like eating pie there is no bad piece. I can not come up with a good solution just wondered if anyone every comes up with this? Like others I would hate to delete and regret later that Ginger Lynn I thought was old or something. I guess it is like that TV show hoarder, I need to go through the piles and remove some and keep some. Just wondered what others do ?  Since 2007 | |
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| 09-23-12 10:46am - 4434 days | #2 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
I am not sure if this is helpful to you but, since I don't collect porn stars or amateur models by name, CT, but I find it relatively easy to make more room on my externals. I simply take a look at the older videos and picture sets that don't quite cut it (technically) any more and if they are blurred when viewed full size, out they go. Not a bit of nostalgia in this old guy. I've ruthlessly removed formerly beloved scenes and faces simply because I could no longer enjoy them ... they were too blurry in full size and too small when viewed in their original 640x480p (or less) window ... and I have never missed them. Of course, a poor short term memory helps there.  I need crystal clear. With HD becoming more and more common I rarely download DVD quality material any more, even if the subject appeals to me. Eventually, if I live long enough, even my 720p videos might go in favor of the latest .. if there should be a marked improvement in quality. | |
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| 09-23-12 10:49am - 4434 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I just bought another 3 TB external hard drive. The prices are so cheap, I figure why not. The only thing that bothers me is that the reviews for the latest Seagate and Western Digital drives are so poor, I wonder how long my new drive will last. I bought the 3 TB Seagate for $135 on ebay. And Seagate reduced the warranty on new drives to 1 year. That's a great vote of confidence by a hard drive manufacturer.  | |
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| 09-23-12 10:54am - 4434 days | #4 | |
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gaypornolover (0)
Active User Posts: 153 Registered: Jul 09, '11 Location: Birmingham, UK |
I think you should be ruthless - delete any porn you haven't watched more than once, or haven't watched for a set period of time, like a year. If you're honest with yourself, you'll find there's a lot of porn which realistically you'll never watch again, so why keep it? | |
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| 09-23-12 02:13pm - 4434 days | #5 | |
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graymane (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,411 Registered: Feb 20, '10 Location: Virginia |
You'd do Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy proud, Ct; I mean for even having such a large and prized collection. I think, however, I'm going to join my esteemed colleague, messmer, in his adroit assessment of your request. | |
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| 09-23-12 02:27pm - 4434 days | #6 | |
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elephant (0)
Active User  Posts: 583 Registered: Jan 11, '07 |
Arggh that dreaded moment when it tells you you are full to the brim on the drive, yeah I hate to buy another drive too, I just simply don't have the room for anymore drives so I'm soon going to have to throw lots away. It is like hording and annoying it is to think of throwing any away and can take ages cause you always get distracted and start watching one of the movies, there will be lots no doubt you'll of never seen, I certainly have loads of them. Lots of the fun is in the collecting I find and like to discover new gems. But delete is the only option sadly or get another drive, maybe a 3 or 4tb and you can get rid of one of the smaller drives so you would have the same number of drives. "Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand." WILLIAM CONGREVE | |
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| 09-23-12 03:38pm - 4434 days | #7 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
We've gone through some lean times recently, haven't we? Yet somehow our hard drives have not. They're rushing downstream in a torrent of porno! The way things are going, we'll eventually have discussions about how best to arrange the hard drives in the kitchen and bathroom. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 09-23-12 03:53pm - 4434 days | #8 | |
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Tree Rodent (0)
Active User  Posts: 708 Registered: Oct 29, '08 Location: UK |
This sums up my attitude. There's no need to cut stuff that you'll watch again, but some material is just hoarding for hoarding's sake. When in doubt keep it, as the cost of a new drive is very cheap given the amount you can store on them, but you will find a lot you know you will never watch again. One piece of unusual advice I would like to offer is this - quite often nowadays I stream, and download only what I consider likely to be worth keeping. If it's not stored you don't feel the pang of getting rid of it. Edited on Sep 23, 2012, 04:04pm | |
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| 09-23-12 04:40pm - 4434 days | #10 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Well I took some advice from our wise crew here and so far eliminated 300gigs, it is not allot but a start. I think in the future I will take Capns advise too and load only what I might keep. I tossed stuff today I had no idea why I even downloaded it. Some was fuzzy outta focus. The only joy was being able to review some old stuff knowing it was opening up my space. My goal is 1 tb tossed if I can clear that I will have allot of space leaving about 2 tb's of pristine porn left give or take a gig . I once had over 4 gigs which is nothing for some of you. But I made dumb mistake when I would take a break I would delete the collection and then start over. Then I horded LOL now maybe a nice medium here would be nice. Since 2007 | |
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| 09-23-12 05:23pm - 4434 days | #11 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I admire your courage, CT. I deleted porn once and lived to regret it. External hard drives are so cheap that I won't delete anything again. But, as Drooler points out, storing the hard drives can also become an issue. I'm downloading to my 21st external now. And that doesn't include my many backup drives. | |
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| 09-23-12 11:06pm - 4434 days | #12 | |
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BigGeorge (0)
Suspended Posts: 3 Registered: Sep 23, '12 Location: Illinois |
Have you tried compressing your data. If your data is in Terabytes, you can gain space in Gigabytes by compressing your old stuff. But then again, that's a temporary solution. As others have suggested, buying more disks is the only solution. If cost is the problem, you could always buy in bulk. Also, have you tried storing your data online? In this case, just be careful about copyright issues, though. Edited on Sep 23, 2012, 11:13pm | |
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| 09-24-12 06:19am - 4433 days | #13 | |
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t9chome (0)
Active User Posts: 78 Registered: Oct 30, '10 Location: usa |
I bought a USB3 EZ Dock 2 so I could keep expanding. The idea is like external drives, but with the ability to swap out drives and store them on the shelf, so to speak. The problem with these things, I've found out are they corrupt the data quite often. So far, I've been able to recover most of the corrupted data. | |
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| 09-24-12 06:33am - 4433 days | #14 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Oh, oh, oh....your're certainly not alone.... But if we can spend a little money on paysites, we need to put some other cash aside for bigger drives...or? Got five externals right now, a couple really old - and small. So if I can find a not expensive 3TB - why not. "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 09-24-12 08:28am - 4433 days | #15 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Its a scary thought as each time I take a break and go back through I clear out my recycle bin, and it asked in no uncertain terms. " are you sure you want to delete these " ? I pause as my mouse moves over and hovers for a brief moment and a heavy sigh, and click. I can here the files screaming wait not me, how could you forget me. And I see the green light on my pc's case flickr like the fire incinerating a mashmellow over a fire the files are gone. As the light having removed 30 gigs slows and the light goes out. I again open my Xplorer2 file manager ( its cool you can view and delete all at once I have the paid version but the free one does the same is very handy for stuff like this. So I open the program and scroll past Alleta Ocean, Cali Bank, and continue down to the L's . Oh Lisa Ann, well lets see if there are any in there to return to the vortex of porn. Where porn goes in and never returns wahahaha hahahaha.   wholly porn popers, how are we ever gonna save these all. Deleting porn apprently means you lose you mind too. Since 2007 | |
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| 09-24-12 08:36am - 4433 days | #16 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Hi George, welcome to PU, file compression is not really and option on an external drive 2.0 usb, it slows the showing down quite a bit seems on files over 1 gig they lag. I have a reasonable fast PC, fast video card and lots of ram, but still lags. It was one of my own first ideas and then realize it would make the enjoyment less appealing for me. Appreciate the feed back though.  Since 2007 | |
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| 09-24-12 08:38am - 4433 days | #17 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
If you delete some of that fine, old porn, you'll regret it........some day. "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 09-24-12 08:40am - 4433 days | #18 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
I hear ya on this I have other drives in fact I probably have 3TB in drives sitting in-my workshop. but I do not trust them. They start running hot and clicking and well the death is not far behind. I buy nice drives and hot swap holders like Xtreme so they are outside a case and can run very cool. I have a space on my book shelf for these so dust can not get to them very easy. I do not usually buy pre-made external drives. I make my own. Since 2007 | |
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| 09-24-12 08:47am - 4433 days | #19 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Don't wanna just needed space, but I think I am done, just going to sift through and make sure I do not have any BTS that I never watch. Since 2007 | |
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