wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
with
Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
Same question if install windows XP.

"tempest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
> with
> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
> Same question if install windows XP.

Windows XP: 20..25 GBytes (for WinXP and Apps) + whatever you need for your
data files.
Vista: Ask the same question in a Vista newsgroup.

tempest wrote:

> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
> with
> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
> Same question if install windows XP.

I assume you aren't going to dual-boot but will replace Linux with some
flavor of Vista. Of course, you will have already made sure there are
drivers available for the operating system of your choice.

It really depends on what programs you are going to install and how much
data you keep. Only you know that. As a *minimum*, I do a 30GB partition
for XP and a 40GB partition for Vista (operating system and programs). I'd
put the data on the remaining partition. Or don't partition it all. It's
your choice, really. If it were mine I'd just leave it with the one
partition, image it, and back up regularly. After all, if the hard drive
dies it won't matter if your data was on a second partition.

Malke
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For XP a partition size of 25 to 30GB.
For Vista 35 to 40GB.

Use the larger values provided if your PC
has 3 or 4GB of memory so as to accommodate
the pagefile size.

Also if you are installing a lot of applications
and or creating large amounts of data then these
partition sizes may need to be adjusted upward.

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"tempest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
> with
> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
> Same question if install windows XP.
>

"Pegasus [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"tempest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
>> with
>> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
>> Same question if install windows XP.
>
>Windows XP: 20..25 GBytes (for WinXP and Apps) + whatever you need for your
>data files.
>Vista: Ask the same question in a Vista newsgroup.

The bozo already did.

"Malke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tempest wrote:
>
> > wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard
drive(comes
> > with
> > Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating
system?
> > Same question if install windows XP.
>
> I assume you aren't going to dual-boot but will replace Linux with some
> flavor of Vista. Of course, you will have already made sure there are
> drivers available for the operating system of your choice.
>
> It really depends on what programs you are going to install and how much
> data you keep. Only you know that. As a *minimum*, I do a 30GB partition
> for XP and a 40GB partition for Vista (operating system and programs). I'd
> put the data on the remaining partition. Or don't partition it all. It's
> your choice, really. If it were mine I'd just leave it with the one
> partition, image it, and back up regularly. After all, if the hard drive
> dies it won't matter if your data was on a second partition.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
--------

For data is all the rest space, for applications, for example, Vista,
Office,Photoshop, and few bulky apps.

tempest wrote:


> For data is all the rest space, for applications, for example, Vista,
> Office,Photoshop, and few bulky apps.

Sorry but I don't understand what you meant by the above. As I said, if it
were mine I'd just leave it as one partition and image/backup regularly.
The only advantage to having two partitions on a single drive in this case
is if you regularly reinstall Windows (like for a testbed box), then put
the data on the second partition so you don't lose it when you reinstall.
You still want your programs on the system partition because if you have to
reinstall Windows you'll still need to reinstall the programs anyway
because of all the entries that would be missing in the registry.

I don't really have anything to add to this.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Do not make your boot partition larger than 137GB Windows can't handle it
properly. Please read
http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938


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"tempest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard drive(comes
> with
> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating system?
> Same question if install windows XP.
>

Randem wrote:

> Do not make your boot partition larger than 137GB Windows can't handle it
> properly. Please read
> http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938

This hasn't been true for a long time.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

If you have an XP disk with the latest service packs you'll be fine.


"Randem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Do not make your boot partition larger than 137GB Windows can't handle it
> properly. Please read
> http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938
>
>
> --
> Randem Systems
> Your Installation Specialist
> The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
> http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
> Disk Read Error Press Ctl+Alt+Del to Restart
> http://www.randem.com/discus/message...tml?1236319938
>
>
>
> "tempest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> wanna install 'Vista Home premium' on notebook with 320GB hard
>> drive(comes
>> with
>> Linux by default). What size partition should I set for operating
>> system?
>> Same question if install windows XP.
>>
>
>