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08-07-2009
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| | Minimum Disk Space for V. Business What is the bare minimum for Vista Biz system partition? For Win7, its official requirement is "16 GB", but actually it's 5723MB. What's the case with Vista? |
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08-07-2009
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| | Re: Minimum Disk Space for V. Business St <sandy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >What is the bare minimum for Vista Biz system partition? For Win7, its >official requirement is "16 GB", but actually it's 5723MB. What's the >case with Vista? allowed to operate a computer and cruise the Internet. |
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08-08-2009
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| | Re: Minimum Disk Space for V. Business On 8 августа 19:06, Rick Rogers wrote: Quote: > Hi St, > > A "bare minimum" figure is really pointless, as the system will rapidly > become unusable. As with other versions of Windows, that actual drive > space occupied by the OS is *not* the minimum space needed since > additional space is needed for expansion of temp files during > installation and operation, as well as for paging. How much is not > defined by a set amount, but rather by how the system is used and what > programs are installed to support that use. > > Vista Business recommends a minimum of 40GB drive space with at least > 15GB free space. The actual amount occupied by the system files after > installation will vary dependent on which features are installed, > generally between 5-7GB. > the single application, so long-term operationability is not required  |
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08-08-2009
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| Vista home premium 32bit | Re: Minimum Disk Space for V. Business  Quote: Originally Posted by St  On 8 августа 19:06, Rick Rogers wrote: Quote: > Hi St, > > A "bare minimum" figure is really pointless, as the system will rapidly > become unusable. As with other versions of Windows, that actual drive > space occupied by the OS is *not* the minimum space needed since > additional space is needed for expansion of temp files during > installation and operation, as well as for paging. How much is not > defined by a set amount, but rather by how the system is used and what > programs are installed to support that use. > > Vista Business recommends a minimum of 40GB drive space with at least > 15GB free space. The actual amount occupied by the system files after > installation will vary dependent on which features are installed, > generally between 5-7GB. > the single application, so long-term operationability is not required |
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08-08-2009
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| | Re: Minimum Disk Space for V. Business "whs" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:e5d1d474a65c19a66aa9d87491714c82@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > St;1108479 Wrote: Quote: >> On 8 авгfс,а 19:06, Rick Rogers wrote:> > > Quote: >> > > Hi St, >> > > >> > > A "bare minimum" figure is really pointless, as the system will >> > rapidly >> > > become unusable. As with other versions of Windows, that actual drive >> > > space occupied by the OS is *not* the minimum space needed since >> > > additional space is needed for expansion of temp files during >> > > installation and operation, as well as for paging. How much is not >> > > defined by a set amount, but rather by how the system is used and >> > what >> > > programs are installed to support that use. >> > > >> > > Vista Business recommends a minimum of 40GB drive space with at least >> > > 15GB free space. The actual amount occupied by the system files after >> > > installation will vary dependent on which features are installed, >> > > generally between 5-7GB. >> > > > > >> the single application, so long-term operationability is not required >> > In a virtual partition the required space is usually dynamically > allocated. I would define a maximum of 20GBs for the purpose. > > > -- > whs dynamically expanding VHD and accept the defaults VPC uses for a Vista setup. The actual space used on the host HD should be acceptible for the OP. |
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08-08-2009
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| Vista home premium 32bit | Re: Minimum Disk Space for V. Business Quote: Originally Posted by Colin Barnhorst "whs" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:e5d1d474a65c19a66aa9d87491714c82@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > St;1108479 Wrote: Quote: >> On 8 авгfс,а 19:06, Rick Rogers wrote:> > > >> Thanks, Rick. Actually, it's gonna be virtual machine install to test >> the single application, so long-term operationability is not required >> > In a virtual partition the required space is usually dynamically > allocated. I would define a maximum of 20GBs for the purpose. > > > -- > whs dynamically expanding VHD and accept the defaults VPC uses for a Vista setup. The actual space used on the host HD should be acceptible for the OP. Colin, for a permanent setup I would agree with you. But the OP wanted to only test one single application. It was in view of that I recommended the 20GBs. But a larger allocation cannot hurt. If it is not needed, it will not be used anyhow. |
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