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Why do computer hard drives become full?

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Just like how people, cars, buildings, amongst other things take up space in the real world, it is the same with computers. The more complex things are, the more space they take up. Over time, the space gets used up. In the old days drives were not usually any bigger than a few gigabytes, but today's hard drives keep getting bigger and bigger. Everything has a capacity including hard drives and the more stuff that gets downloaded, installed, and used; eventually that drive will get full because everything takes up space no matter how big or small.

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