Vista - Size of Vista Home Premium

11-20-2007

Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my
> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should
> I
> allocate?
> Thanks.
> RickC

11-20-2007

What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my
hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should I
allocate?
Thanks.
RickC

11-20-2007

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...uirements.mspx

"40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space"

--
Regards

John Waller

11-20-2007

Thanks Andre. I appreciate the info.
RickC

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

Quote:

> Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my
> > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should
> > I
> > allocate?
> > Thanks.
> > RickC

>
>
>

11-20-2007

You are welcome Leoram.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:86B58F38-8EE7-456B-8EEC-65E29F53F118@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Thanks Andre. I appreciate the info.
> RickC
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on
>> > my
>> > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space
>> > should
>> > I
>> > allocate?
>> > Thanks.
>> > RickC

>>
>>
>>

11-20-2007

Hi, Rick.

As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow on
you. And that is not just a figure of speech!

As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store
the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it will
be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 bytes in
my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, although you
can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista will also create
the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger than your RAM
(2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be moved, but most
users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my system,
are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in Windows Explorer
unless I change default settings to show them. Most users never know they
are there.

Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed into
C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your emails and
newsgroup posts will go into
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use Windows
Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will grow, too,
and they are all on C: by default.

We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been
moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 GB
free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free space on
other volumes.)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx

Quote:

> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my
> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should
> I
> allocate?
> Thanks.
> RickC

11-20-2007

R. C. White wrote:

Quote:

> Hi, Rick.
>
> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow
> on you. And that is not just a figure of speech!
>
> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to
> store the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and
> it will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM
> (2,147,004,416 bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and
> can't be moved, although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling
> hibernation. Vista will also create the paging file in C:\ by default;
> this will be larger than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This
> pagefile.sys can be moved, but most users never move it. These two
> files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that
> do not show up at all in Windows Explorer unless I change default
> settings to show them. Most users never know they are there.
>
> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed
> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your
> emails and newsgroup posts will go into
> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use
> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will
> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default.
>
> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been
> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23
> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free
> space on other volumes.)
>
> RC

LOL!!

Fortunately, Toshiba have included this internal HD on my new laptop:
http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/en.../mk1637gsx.htm

Also, my external D: drive, intended for full system backups, is same size.

Ample room for growth.

11-20-2007

Hi there,

Here's a good link that explains memory use:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223

Cheers
Craig

"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OaINwn4KIHA.1184@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi, Rick.
>
> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow on
> you. And that is not just a figure of speech!
>
> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store
> the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it will
> be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 bytes in
> my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, although you
> can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista will also
> create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger than your
> RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be moved, but
> most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my
> system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in Windows
> Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most users never
> know they are there.
>
> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed
> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your
> emails and newsgroup posts will go into
> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use
> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will
> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default.
>
> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been
> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23
> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free
> space on other volumes.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my
>> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should
>> I
>> allocate?
>> Thanks.
>> RickC

>

11-20-2007

Hi, Iain.

Quote:

> Ample room for growth.

Great! But if you don't take pro-active steps, Vista will still try to put
everything I mentioned into C:, leaving those nice extra drives empty. :>(

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Iain" <iain@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5qgimeFvrt7rU1@xxxxxx

Quote:

> R. C. White wrote:

Quote:

>> Hi, Rick.
>>
>> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow
>> on you. And that is not just a figure of speech!
>>
>> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store
>> the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it
>> will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416
>> bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved,
>> although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista
>> will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger
>> than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be
>> moved, but most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5
>> GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in
>> Windows Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most
>> users never know they are there.
>>
>> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed
>> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your
>> emails and newsgroup posts will go into
>> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
>> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use
>> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will
>> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default.
>>
>> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been
>> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23
>> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free
>> space on other volumes.)
>>
>> RC

>
> LOL!!
>
> Fortunately, Toshiba have included this internal HD on my new laptop:
> http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/en.../mk1637gsx.htm
>
> Also, my external D: drive, intended for full system backups, is same
> size.
>
> Ample room for growth.

11-20-2007

Hi, Craig.

Thanks for the URL. It's a good read, but it is dated 2004, long before
Vista arrived. Most of it still applies, but it must be read with its age
in mind.

And it does not relate to Rick's problem, except for the ~2 GB paging file.
Most of what I discussed will still have to be actively managed to keep
Vista from overflowing a too-small Drive C:. Memory is not the same as hard
drive storage.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Craig" <craigNOSPAMvandergriff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eREexG6KIHA.2176@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi there,
>
> Here's a good link that explains memory use:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223
>
> Cheers
> Craig
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OaINwn4KIHA.1184@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> Hi, Rick.
>>
>> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow
>> on you. And that is not just a figure of speech!
>>
>> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store
>> the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it
>> will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416
>> bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved,
>> although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista
>> will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger
>> than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be
>> moved, but most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5
>> GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in
>> Windows Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most
>> users never know they are there.
>>
>> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed
>> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your
>> emails and newsgroup posts will go into
>> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
>> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use
>> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will
>> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default.
>>
>> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been
>> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23
>> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free
>> space on other volumes.)
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx

Quote:

>>> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on
>>> my
>>> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space
>>> should I
>>> allocate?
>>> Thanks.
>>> RickC

11-20-2007	#1 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should > I > allocate? > Thanks. > RickC
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#2 (permalink)
leoram n/a posts	Size of Vista Home Premium What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should I allocate? Thanks. RickC
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#3 (permalink)
John Waller n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...uirements.mspx "40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space" -- Regards John Waller
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#4 (permalink)
leoram n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Thanks Andre. I appreciate the info. RickC "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: Quote: > Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry > "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: > > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my > > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should > > I > > allocate? > > Thanks. > > RickC > > >
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#5 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium You are welcome Leoram. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:86B58F38-8EE7-456B-8EEC-65E29F53F118@xxxxxx Quote: > Thanks Andre. I appreciate the info. > RickC > > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: > Quote: >> Bare minimum is 15 GBs, the actual OS uses around 10 to 11 GBs. >> -- >> Andre >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com >> My Vista Quickstart Guide: >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry >> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: >> > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on >> > my >> > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space >> > should >> > I >> > allocate? >> > Thanks. >> > RickC >> >> >>
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#6 (permalink)
R. C. White n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Hi, Rick. As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow on you. And that is not just a figure of speech! As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be moved, but most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in Windows Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most users never know they are there. Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your emails and newsgroup posts will go into C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will grow, too, and they are all on C: by default. We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free space on other volumes.) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64) "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: > What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my > hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should > I > allocate? > Thanks. > RickC
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#7 (permalink)
Iain n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium R. C. White wrote: Quote: > Hi, Rick. > > As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow > on you. And that is not just a figure of speech! > > As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to > store the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and > it will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM > (2,147,004,416 bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and > can't be moved, although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling > hibernation. Vista will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; > this will be larger than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This > pagefile.sys can be moved, but most users never move it. These two > files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that > do not show up at all in Windows Explorer unless I change default > settings to show them. Most users never know they are there. > > Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed > into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your > emails and newsgroup posts will go into > C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows > Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use > Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will > grow, too, and they are all on C: by default. > > We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been > moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 > GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free > space on other volumes.) > > RC LOL!! Fortunately, Toshiba have included this internal HD on my new laptop: http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/en.../mk1637gsx.htm Also, my external D: drive, intended for full system backups, is same size. Ample room for growth.
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#8 (permalink)
Craig n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Hi there, Here's a good link that explains memory use: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223 Cheers Craig "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OaINwn4KIHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, Rick. > > As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow on > you. And that is not just a figure of speech! > > As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store > the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it will > be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 bytes in > my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, although you > can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista will also > create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger than your > RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be moved, but > most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 GB in my > system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in Windows > Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most users never > know they are there. > > Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed > into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your > emails and newsgroup posts will go into > C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows > Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use > Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will > grow, too, and they are all on C: by default. > > We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been > moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 > GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free > space on other volumes.) > > RC > -- > R. C. White, CPA > San Marcos, TX > rc@xxxxxx > Microsoft Windows MVP > (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64) > > "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: >> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on my >> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space should >> I >> allocate? >> Thanks. >> RickC >
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#9 (permalink)
R. C. White n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Hi, Iain. Quote: > Ample room for growth. Great! But if you don't take pro-active steps, Vista will still try to put everything I mentioned into C:, leaving those nice extra drives empty. :>( RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64) "Iain" <iain@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5qgimeFvrt7rU1@xxxxxx Quote: > R. C. White wrote: Quote: >> Hi, Rick. >> >> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow >> on you. And that is not just a figure of speech! >> >> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store >> the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it >> will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 >> bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, >> although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista >> will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger >> than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be >> moved, but most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 >> GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in >> Windows Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most >> users never know they are there. >> >> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed >> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your >> emails and newsgroup posts will go into >> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows >> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use >> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will >> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default. >> >> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been >> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 >> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free >> space on other volumes.) >> >> RC > > LOL!! > > Fortunately, Toshiba have included this internal HD on my new laptop: > http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/en.../mk1637gsx.htm > > Also, my external D: drive, intended for full system backups, is same > size. > > Ample room for growth.
My System Specs

11-20-2007	#10 (permalink)
R. C. White n/a posts	Re: Size of Vista Home Premium Hi, Craig. Thanks for the URL. It's a good read, but it is dated 2004, long before Vista arrived. Most of it still applies, but it must be read with its age in mind. And it does not relate to Rick's problem, except for the ~2 GB paging file. Most of what I discussed will still have to be actively managed to keep Vista from overflowing a too-small Drive C:. Memory is not the same as hard drive storage. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64) "Craig" <craigNOSPAMvandergriff@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eREexG6KIHA.2176@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi there, > > Here's a good link that explains memory use: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223 > > Cheers > Craig > > "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OaINwn4KIHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hi, Rick. >> >> As the others said, 15 GB is plenty to install Vista. But it will grow >> on you. And that is not just a figure of speech! >> >> As soon as you start using Vista, it will probably create a file to store >> the contents of RAM for hibernation; this will be hiberfil.sys and it >> will be just a few bytes larger than your installed RAM (2,147,004,416 >> bytes in my 2 GB system); this file must be in C:\ and can't be moved, >> although you can eliminate it entirely by disabling hibernation. Vista >> will also create the paging file in C:\ by default; this will be larger >> than your RAM (2,460,758,016 in my system). This pagefile.sys can be >> moved, but most users never move it. These two files, totaling nearly 5 >> GB in my system, are Hidden, System files that do not show up at all in >> Windows Explorer unless I change default settings to show them. Most >> users never know they are there. >> >> Unless you change the defaults, all your applications will be installed >> into C:\Program Files, which will use more space on C:. And all your >> emails and newsgroup posts will go into >> C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows >> Mail\WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, which will grow every time you use >> Windows Mail. And, your Documents, Pictures and other such folders will >> grow, too, and they are all on C: by default. >> >> We could go on, but I think you get the point. Even though I've been >> moderately aggressive about keeping things out of C:, I now have just 23 >> GB free on my 60 GB Drive C:. (Fortunately, I do have plenty of free >> space on other volumes.) >> >> RC >> >> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:4E8052B5-928E-4667-9B63-80843D29E4E8@xxxxxx Quote: >>> What is the size of Vista Home Premium? I want to setup a partition on >>> my >>> hard drive on which to install vista home premium. How much space >>> should I >>> allocate? >>> Thanks. >>> RickC
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