Vista Tutorial - WTF: 7 Gig is not enough Space!

Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!

Pff!

And then "Microsoft SQL Server might be incompatible. We don't really
know though. Check with Microsoft to find out more..."

Hehe.

Cya
Simon

The upgrade advisor is correct, Vista uses a minimum of 10.1 to 11 GBs of
disk space. Also, the installation requires that you have adequate space to
store temporary files. So you need to free up some disk space or buy a new
hard disk and install Vista on it.
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Andre
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"Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
> complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!
>
> Pff!
>
> And then "Microsoft SQL Server might be incompatible. We don't really know
> though. Check with Microsoft to find out more..."
>
> Hehe.
>
> Cya
> Simon

That is correct....

After installation it needs less than 15. You really need a 30 gb disk to
say
that you will do anything with vista. If you want to upgrade you need even
more space.

The reason why it needs so much is the way they made the installer...
it copies-unpacks everything on the disk. They say this makes the
installation faster.
However shifting around such large amounts of data is.......well I wont say
what it is.
Decide for yourself.




"Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
> complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!
>
> Pff!
>
> And then "Microsoft SQL Server might be incompatible. We don't really know
> though. Check with Microsoft to find out more..."
>
> Hehe.
>
> Cya
> Simon

"Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
> complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!

Actually it only needs 15 gig for the install. I have a test machine at
work that had 2 blank 10 gig drives. Vista installed fine, and the
installed disk (drive C) has about 2 gig free.

Mike

Whooooeeee!

"Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
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> "Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
>> complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!
>
> Actually it only needs 15 gig for the install. I have a test machine at
> work that had 2 blank 10 gig drives. Vista installed fine, and the
> installed disk (drive C) has about 2 gig free.
>
> Mike
>

Yeah, Vista installs fine on 9-10 gig hard drives. You just don't have any
room afterwards.

If you ever get bored, try running Vista on a 300mhz processor with 256 mb
of memory. It is exciting, I'm telling you. Vista takes up 230mb of those
256mb.

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* Robert Firth *
* Windows Vista x86 RTM *
* http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Whooooeeee!
>
> "Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
> news:62215178-FE07-4036-81F4-007E3884548B@microsoft.com...
>> "Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
>> news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It
>>> complained I only had 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!
>>
>> Actually it only needs 15 gig for the install. I have a test machine at
>> work that had 2 blank 10 gig drives. Vista installed fine, and the
>> installed disk (drive C) has about 2 gig free.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>

Robert Firth wrote:
> Yeah, Vista installs fine on 9-10 gig hard drives. You just don't have
> any room afterwards.
>
> If you ever get bored, try running Vista on a 300mhz processor with 256
> mb of memory. It is exciting, I'm telling you. Vista takes up 230mb of
> those 256mb.
>

So gone are the days of Windows installs on just a few floppes? :-)

Heck, we're already past the days of Windows installs on just a few cd's!

"Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Robert Firth wrote:
>> Yeah, Vista installs fine on 9-10 gig hard drives. You just don't have
>> any room afterwards.
>>
>> If you ever get bored, try running Vista on a 300mhz processor with 256
>> mb of memory. It is exciting, I'm telling you. Vista takes up 230mb of
>> those 256mb.
>>
>
> So gone are the days of Windows installs on just a few floppes? :-)

"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
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> Yeah, Vista installs fine on 9-10 gig hard drives. You just don't have any room afterwards.

Some disk defraggers won't work properly/efficiently without
some extra room.


> If you ever get bored, try running Vista on a 300mhz processor with 256 mb of memory. It is
> exciting, I'm telling you. Vista takes up 230mb of those 256mb.
>
> --
> /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Robert Firth *
> * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
> * http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:exwtUdtLHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Whooooeeee!
>>
>> "Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
>> news:62215178-FE07-4036-81F4-007E3884548B@microsoft.com...
>>> "Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uc1c1OrLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Just ran the upgrade advisor on a computer at work for a joke... It complained I only had
>>>> 7 Gig of disk space left and Vista needs 15!
>>>
>>> Actually it only needs 15 gig for the install. I have a test machine at work that had 2
>>> blank 10 gig drives. Vista installed fine, and the installed disk (drive C) has about 2
>>> gig free.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>

Whats a floppy? :-)


"Simon Dean" <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Robert Firth wrote:
>> Yeah, Vista installs fine on 9-10 gig hard drives. You just don't have
>> any room afterwards.
>>
>> If you ever get bored, try running Vista on a 300mhz processor with 256
>> mb of memory. It is exciting, I'm telling you. Vista takes up 230mb of
>> those 256mb.
>>
>
> So gone are the days of Windows installs on just a few floppes? :-)