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How Much Space Does Vista Need On A HDD??

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by dougal79, Dec 18, 2007.

  1. dougal79

    dougal79 Regular member

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    Im trying to create a new partition to install Vista Ultimate using Disc Management, but im unsure the size to set the partition.

    Does anyone know what size of the HDD Vista needs?

    Thanks
     
  2. jony218

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    I would go with a minimun of 30gb, when I installed vista ultimate, the windows folder alone was almost 9gb.
     
  3. Zer0ink

    Zer0ink Regular member

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    i'm almost at 50 GB's and I havent alot of secondary programs loaded yet.

    This is just my opinion : I'd use a 80 gigger or better if building with Vista.
     
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    i just put vista ultimate on last night, and it took up 17.5 gigs itself with no additional programs.
     
  5. dougal79

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    OK i have 2 drives, 1 for Windows & 1 for games, music, etc...
    Ive set the partition for Vista at 29GB & have installed Vista on it.
    It only used 11GB & have 18GB free space on the Vista drive.

    I created a partition also for XP Pro SP2 & set it to 24GB.
    I was thinking of setting a partition for Black XP 6 as well.

    I was thinking of creating 3 partitions on my C drive for my OS's.
    Then whats left i could use as storage for films etc.
    Would this work?
    Would it be worth setting a new partition for Black XP or is that just pointless?

    Here is a pic of My computer:
    [​IMG] edited by ddp

    Thanks for the help guys.
     
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    dougal79

    curious does the xp boot way faster?
     
  7. dougal79

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    If you mean does XP boot faster than Vista, then Yes i think it does.
    Since i only have 2 hard drives, why does it show as 4 in my computer?
    Could i just go ahead & install XP onto the Drive called XP(X)?
    And would Vista still be in the Vista (V) drive?

    Thanks
     

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