average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia

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I would say it is probably just barely possible to get Vista installed onto
a 15GB partition alone and a few pieces of software, so I would say a 20GB
partition is the very minimum you should start with. A 40GB partition or
larger is what you really should do though.
"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
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> Kristi
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> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++

Kristi,

At a very minimum you need 20 GB, I tried to install it on a 15 GB partition
and I only had a gig left for use. According to MS, for Vista Ultimate you
need at least a 40 GB partition with at least 15 GB free. I am running RC 2
as my everyday OS now and I use it on an 80 GB drive. Of course it does not
require that much space, but it's nice to have some extra real estate. I
hope I have answered your question.

Jim

"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
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> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++

On 10/23/2006 10:20:55 PM, wrote:
>Kristi,
>
>At a very minimum you need 20 GB, I tried to install it on a 15 GB partition
>and I only had a gig left for use. According to MS, for Vista Ultimate you
>need at least a 40 GB partition with at least 15 GB free. I am running RC 2
>as my everyday OS now and I use it on an 80 GB drive. Of course it does not
>require that much space, but it's nice to have some extra real estate. I
>hope I have answered your question.
>
>Jim
>
>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
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>> --
>> Kristi
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>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>> XP Pro SP 2++++
>
>

Thanks! Hey where did you get RC2 - I just downloaded RC1 from them.....
tia!

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Kristi
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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
Raxco PerfectDisk8
XP Pro SP 2++++

On 10/23/2006 10:30:25 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>On 10/23/2006 10:20:55 PM, wrote:
>>Kristi,
>>
>>At a very minimum you need 20 GB, I tried to install it on a 15 GB partition
>>and I only had a gig left for use. According to MS, for Vista Ultimate you
>>need at least a 40 GB partition with at least 15 GB free. I am running RC 2
>>as my everyday OS now and I use it on an 80 GB drive. Of course it does not
>>require that much space, but it's nice to have some extra real estate. I
>>hope I have answered your question.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:453d735a$0$5577$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
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>>> --
>>> Kristi
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>>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
>>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>>> XP Pro SP 2++++
>>
>>
>
>Thanks! Hey where did you get RC2 - I just downloaded RC1 from them.....
>tia!
>

Oh, I see - it's been pulled. Oh well. No point in putting up RC1!

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Kristi
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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
Raxco PerfectDisk8
XP Pro SP 2++++

Kristi--

My installs themselves lately have been taking about 7+GB RAM on the drive
though RC2 X86 right after setup, and I don't think the files will change
significantly when they RTM. Also if you dual boot, Vista requires about
350MB to place some install files that are needed on C:\ or your XP drive.

Good advice from Travis and Jim--give yourself those minimums and it depends
on how many programs you plan to install on Vista. You can do a rough
inventory very quickly or Kristi if you download this free program you can
get it to scan everything and arragnge by size and then take a look at which
ones you'll want to be using on Vista.

Like everything else, you will probably want more space than you alot so be
a bit generous.

You can inventory all your *file and folder* program sizes neatly and
quickly besides scanning Add/Remove with DX Hog Hunt
www.dvxp.com/en/Downloads.aspx

BTW Kristi Raxco has a Perfect Disk for Vista separate trial that works
great and is good for five months. They told me they plan to make PD for
Vista separate from PD for XP but that could change.

CH

"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
>
> --
> Kristi
> -----
> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++

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> Kristi,
>
> At a very minimum you need 20 GB, I tried to install it on a 15 GB
> partition and I only had a gig left for use. According to MS, for Vista
> Ultimate you need at least a 40 GB partition with at least 15 GB free. I
> am running RC 2 as my everyday OS now and I use it on an 80 GB drive. Of
> course it does not require that much space, but it's nice to have some
> extra real estate. I hope I have answered your question.

10 GB is the absolute minimum. I have installed it on 2 machines on a 10GB
drive.

You need more than that for the install, however. Both of these machines
needed a 2nd drive to be installed before Vista would install. After
installation you have about 2.5 GB free on the install drive.

Mike

Vista is a space hog compared to XP, but not so much compared to some of the
large Linux distros.

Anyway, you will want lots of space, at least a good 20GB. If you plan on
installing any large amount of software on the same partition then much
more.

Kristi wrote:
>> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
>>
>> --
>> Kristi
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>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek
>> PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card. Raxco
>> PerfectDisk8
>> XP Pro SP 2++++

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristi [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
> Posted At: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:00 AM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
> Subject: average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
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> average size partition needed for VISTA ? tia
>

According to Vista minimum HW requirements [1], you'll need at least
20GB hard drive with 15GB of free space. Note that this means only OS
itself. Each software you install may add to these requirements
accordingly.

[1] Windows Vista: Minimum supported system requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...uirements.mspx

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Alexander Suhovey

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:58:28 -0400, SESSION_EVENT wrote:

> Vista is a space hog compared to XP, but not so much compared to some of
> the large Linux distros.

Which distro's would that be?