Vista Business

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Hi, couldn't find the Windows Vista Newsgroups even though googled it, gave
me a site which was no longer valid etc etc
Anyway I have an HP Mobile Workstation and it already has XP Pro but want to
dual boot it. HP told me Vista Business requires a 2 gig partition is this
right or should I give the partition more space for the OS?
Thanks!
 
This doesn't help me. I need to know how big the Vista Business partition
needs to be. Like I said I have XP Pro and will dual boot with Vista Business.
 
AIANDAS said:
Hi, couldn't find the Windows Vista Newsgroups even though googled it,
gave
me a site which was no longer valid etc etc
Anyway I have an HP Mobile Workstation and it already has XP Pro but want
to
dual boot it. HP told me Vista Business requires a 2 gig partition is this
right or should I give the partition more space for the OS?
Thanks!
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The Vista DVD is 2gb!! If you are going to install applications along with
Vista Business, you will need 60 to 80gb..
 
AIANDAS said:
Hi, couldn't find the Windows Vista Newsgroups even though googled it,
gave
me a site which was no longer valid etc etc
Anyway I have an HP Mobile Workstation and it already has XP Pro but want
to
dual boot it. HP told me Vista Business requires a 2 gig partition is this
right or should I give the partition more space for the OS?
Thanks!
Click to expand...

Hi
I think the recommended size for vista is 15gb.
look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

chas2209
 
Don't shoot the messenger brother. That's what the "outsourced" HP person
told me. OK, I am only interested to know how much space I need to allocate
for Vista. Applications for now will run off XP Pro until Windows 7 comes
out. I just want to play with Vista Business not install apps right now.
 
Vista-specific newsgroups include:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

Click on of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
 
AIANDAS said:
Hi, couldn't find the Windows Vista Newsgroups even though googled it, gave
me a site which was no longer valid etc etc
Anyway I have an HP Mobile Workstation and it already has XP Pro but want to
dual boot it. HP told me Vista Business requires a 2 gig partition is this
right or should I give the partition more space for the OS?
Thanks!
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That's way off the mark!

On my Vista Business installation, just the Windows folder (and all of
its sub-folders) takes up 16.5GB. Microsoft states the minimum is "A
20GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space," (but fails to make it
immediately clear that that is for Vista Home Basic) and that doesn't
allow much room for anything but the bare bones OS. The official
recommended minimum for Vista Premium/Business/Ultimate is " a 40GB hard
drive with at least 15 GB free."

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx


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