How Many Pictures Can You Store On A Home Computer?
Lounge By LittleLinda Updated 5 Jul 2007 , 2:33pm by LittleLinda
I have about 800 pictures on my computer. I want to put about 100 more. My son says I'm taking up too much room on the computer. I don't know about gigabites and megabites and all that stuff ... but do pictures use up too much space on the computer?
But then I don't have easy access to them ... like attaching them to cc threads or e-mails!
If you're running out of space, you can always add more RAM. I have 3 "C" drives on mine. (C,D and E) Increased RAM would also help it run better if you're near your max. Do you know how much RAM you currently have and where you're at now?
How about opening an online picture account? Photobucket, Flickr, Yahoo, etc.?
You can also buy an external hard drive to store the pics on.
It can stay pluggged into your computer. If you move all of your pictures onto it, they won't use any computer space.
The prices have been going down lately, and if you don't need a super small portable one, you will find great deals!
Even if you leave them on the computer, PUT THEM ON CD. Our computer went down Friday, we got it up but EVERYTHING was lost. Luckily 2 weeks ago my dd had gone through and put all our pictures on CD. We had over a 1000. Some of them were not printed or stored anywhere else. So always do back ups.
But then I don't have easy access to them ... like attaching them to cc threads or e-mails!
Even if you leave them on the computer, PUT THEM ON CD. Our computer went down Friday, we got it up but EVERYTHING was lost. Luckily 2 weeks ago my dd had gone through and put all our pictures on CD. We had over a 1000. Some of them were not printed or stored anywhere else. So always do back ups.
Oh yes you will...just keep the disc in the CD drive...and their just a couple of clicks away.
and do, oh do, put them on CD just so you don't loose anything!
(and another option is a flash(jump) drive)
To see how much space your pictures are taking up, go to your My Pictures folder (if that's where the pictures are stored). Click on one picture, then click Edit, select all. Then right click on any of the highlighted pictures and choose Properties. You'll see how much space they're taking up. If your computer is newer, I can't imagine they're eating up too much of your hard drive. Most hard drives are huge now.
You can also go to My Computer and click on the C drive (you're making it blue, or highlighting it). If you have XP, you'll be able to see how much free space you have under Details.
I would also strongly agree that you should burn your pictures (and everything else that's important to you on your computer) to CD's. Computers crash, and you'll lose everything if you don't have a backup.
External hard drives are great for that. We back up our computers once a month. Adding RAM to a computer will help it run faster, but doesn't increase the storage space. You can add a bigger hard drive to any computer.
Jodie
I just wanted to clarify why it is hard to tell exactly how much a home computer will hold all depends on the computer itself.
It is like a customer bringing a picture of a cake to us and asking us how much the whole cake will cost? well there are a lot of things to consider. what is the flavor? are there fillings? how big are the cakes? how many people do you actually want to serve?
...just keep the disc in the CD drive...and their just a couple of clicks away.
I never thought of that! I guess I need to get those disks that can you can rewrite on so I can keep adding photos.
... not like I don't want to do any research or anything; but does anybody know how many pics fit on a disk?
As for all the other tricks ... I am using my DHs computer right now; but I do intend to check all those suggestions on my pc.
Thanks to all you computer-savvy people!
leily: that's disappointing if only 350 digital pics fit!
I have an external hard drive thatI put all my photos on, I do this for 2 reasons ... first one is to clear up space and second is because if my computer crashes (which it is bound to do as my hard drive is starting to go bad) then I have all my photos on a separate device that will not go down with my computer, and are easily transferable to other computers.
What are these external hard drives? Is it something you just buy and plug into a port that's on your computer yourself? do they just have another name like "F" or "G" or something, so you choose to save things to that drive?
drives available at places like BestBuy, Circuit City and all over the net (just search on external hard drive)
and yes -- drive shows up under F or G or ....depends upon how many are connected. and you just save to it like saving to regular drive.
think of it as just another file drawer to toss stuff (and more stuff and ...) into
The amount of space any given picture will take up is going to vary a lot! I know....not a straight answer. 
But, it depends on the size of the picture, the resolution used to take the picture, etc...... Pictures taken with the newest highest megapixel cameras can be HUGE! Tiger Direct is a great website to purchase jump drives or external hard drives from.
http://www.tigerdirect.com
As to the 350 pictures fitting, it would be 350 pictures per GIG...if you have a 200 Gig hard drive you could have a great many pictures!
I know that it's hard to understand how computers work and all that terminology. I have a Computer Basics powerpoint on my school website that I made for the kids, in case anyone is interested. It should help clear up some of your questions. 
http://www.kahoks.org/kreitner/PP_Presentations/Computer_Basics.ppt
Jodie
Yes, I will be another one to add to the put them on disc for backup to be safe, about 2 yrs ago, I did not do this and I lost everything.
You can also lower your resolution and image size, say down to 72 from 300 res and 400 pixel from 800 pixel...for storage folder purposes and then for print or publishing (web. etc) adjust the size again (all this can be done in Adobe Photoshop easily).
As to the 350 pictures fitting, it would be 350 pictures per GIG...if you have a 200 Gig hard drive you could have a great many pictures!
Yep I had this stated in the first sentence but it wasn't very bold, I will have to be clearer next time. SOrry
Leily..... You did state it clearly in your post. Littlelinda seemed to misunderstand and think it was only 350 on a computer. I was just trying to clear it up for her.
She's right, Leily, I DID think it was 350 on a computer! But you DID state it clearly ... I just didn't READ it with comprehension!
Leily..... You did state it clearly in your post. Littlelinda seemed to misunderstand and think it was only 350 on a computer. I was just trying to clear it up for her.
She's right, Leily, I DID think it was 350 on a computer! But you DID state it clearly ... I just didn't READ it with comprehension!
lol ok, I was going to argue but I have just been to tired this week! If you both tell me I did something right then by golly i'll take it! It doesn't happen that often!
My son's friend who is a computer genious came over. I asked him if he knows how to check how much space I have for pictures and how much space I am taking up. He found it in about a second. I have 51 Gigabytes of space and I'm not even using up a half of a Megabyte! So, I'm satisfied. Also, I did copy my pictures onto a disc as you all advised.
1 Megabyte = 1048576 Bytes
1 Gigabyte = 1073741824 Bytes
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