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10-04-2007
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| | minimum partition size for vista 64 bit install? Vista requirements list this as hardware requirement: 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space I want to create a dual boot partition between XP 32 and Vista 64 on a brand new system. That means three partitions: one for xp installation, one for vista installation, and one for data. What's a reasonable amount to make the installation partitions (that allows for growth). ? I have a 320 gig drive and don't plan to install Vista 64 bit until sp 1. I want to keep all my user data on the data partition on the same drive; on the other hand, I don't want to shortchange myself (especially with a hard drive that size). Robert Nagle Houston, Texas http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/ |
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10-04-2007
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| | Re: minimum partition size for vista 64 bit install? I would also cut way down the amount of virtual ram each OS uses. For XPSP2, I have my virtual ram at 512mb, and Vista 64 is the same. |
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10-04-2007
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| | Re: minimum partition size for vista 64 bit install? ?????? "Carl" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E31EAB86-9CE1-4274-95D2-6AED9DC6C629@xxxxxx Quote: >I would also cut way down the amount of virtual ram each OS uses. For >XPSP2, I have my virtual ram at 512mb, and Vista 64 is the same. |
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10-05-2007
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| | Re: minimum partition size for vista 64 bit install? "idiotprogrammer" <idiotprogrammer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1191537026.008184.99380@xxxxxx Quote: > Vista requirements list this as hardware requirement: > 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space > > I want to create a dual boot partition between XP 32 and Vista 64 on a > brand new system. > That means three partitions: one for xp installation, one for vista > installation, and one for data. > > > What's a reasonable amount to make the installation partitions (that > allows for growth). ? > > I have a 320 gig drive and don't plan to install Vista 64 bit until sp > 1. I want to keep all my user data on the data partition on the same > drive; on the other hand, I don't want to shortchange myself > (especially with a hard drive that size). > > I setup a dual-boot XP_32 , XP_64 system about 18 months ago... I don't think the XP_32 side has been used in about a year now...XP_64 works so well. At any rate I certainly would not go under 20 gigs for the OS partition |
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