Comments on: PSA: How to free up space on your Microsoft Surface Pro http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jonathan http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-273903 Jonathan Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-273903 Can anyone please explain to me what this 8GB ‘recovery partition’ is for, and when you’d expect to use it? Funny, my iPad (or MBP) don’t come with one …

]]> By: droidman101 http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272667 droidman101 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272667 Actually its probably compressed on the drive, so probably more than what size drive you need. However, I know an Ubuntu installation only needs around a 2GB drive to install with and you need around 8GB on your computer. So yeah, it seems a bit tiny of a drive for what is needed.

]]> By: Kislideth http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272634 Kislideth Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272634 Removing the recovery partition frees up about 8GB of space. Not a huge chunk on the 128GB model, but on the smaller 64GB model it can make a difference.

Also, the surface pro installs its apps and software on the primary partition. The add-on memory cards can add storage space, but won’t increase the volume used for apps to install. So even with an add-on card, you may ‘run out of room’ if you install a lot.

]]> By: donw1234 http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272378 donw1234 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272378 If you only need a 128 MB drive to capture the data being removed it seems that the most you would gain is 128 MB, which is one eighth of a GB. A very small percentage. Perhaps they meant a 128 GB drive?

]]> By: Dlo6243 http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272314 Dlo6243 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272314 Just get a 64GB SD card if you want more storage. That’s why it comes with a SD card slot.

]]> By: dragonflyr http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272252 dragonflyr Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:25:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272252 Umm.. “A completely bricked machine” would be a destroyed machine. A machine that needs an os reloaded does not qualify as being “completely bricked”.

]]> By: droidman101 http://www.slashgear.com/psa-how-to-free-up-space-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro-09268728/#comment-272235 droidman101 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=268728#comment-272235 How much space does this clear up? Does anyone know?

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