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[leartt]

so i have i question if i install fortinite on my laptop (i have free space) and unistall it after 10 days is it bad for my system and will i get back all my gigs because in my other laptop i installed archicad 27 than i delete it than i installed 26 and i notice that i didnt get back all the gigs 

[Ha-Satan]

2 minutes ago, leartt said:

if i install fortinite on my laptop (i have free space) and unistall it after 10 days is it bad for my system

No, installing a game isn't going to be bad for your hardware (unless it contains malicious code which Fortnite certainly does not)

 

4 minutes ago, leartt said:

will i get back all my gigs because in my other laptop i installed archicad 27 than i delete it than i installed 26 and i notice that i didnt get back all the gigs 

 

You should get back most if not all of the space. Sometimes installed apps can leave a little bit of data in the AppData folder after being uninstalled, but it's usually negligible.

[nether1234]

Yep, you won't get back 100% of your storage but you will get back like 98-99% of it. There is some software out there that will delete things left in the registry and stuff, but if you don't know what it's deleting there's a chance (very very small) it could damage your computer

[Ha-Satan]

11 minutes ago, nether1234 said:

Yep, you won't get back 100% of your storage but you will get back like 98-99% of it. There is some software out there that will delete things left in the registry and stuff, but if you don't know what it's deleting there's a chance (very very small) it could damage your computer

And if you need to do that, you're almost always better off just doing a full Windows reinstall anyway to truly get rid of the accumulated crud.

[leartt]

32 minutes ago, nether1234 said:

Yep, you won't get back 100% of your storage but you will get back like 98-99% of it. There is some software out there that will delete things left in the registry and stuff, but if you don't know what it's deleting there's a chance (very very small) it could damage your computer

but like me deleting fortnite which is 70gb for 10 days doesnt damage my ssd or laptop

[Ha-Satan]

36 minutes ago, leartt said:

but like me deleting fortnite which is 70gb for 10 days doesnt damage my ssd or laptop

No. Deleting files is never going to damage your hardware.

[Ha-Satan]

Now I'm waiting for somebody who's been programming since the 1970s to come in and tell me about some bizarre edge case where deleting files actually does damage hardware.

[Blue4130]

2 hours ago, Ha-Satan said:

No. Deleting files is never going to damage your hardware.

It does cause wear on the SSD. They have limited write endurance. But if it is a modernish ssd, it really isn't something to worry about. I just don't like the definitive "never".