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    Trying to load bootcamp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by crbauhs, May 17, 2009.

  1. crbauhs

    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    Ok so I have a 32-Bit Vista Ultimate and I want to load it. Now when I partition my HDD do I need to partition it for lots of space, like 100 GB or do I need just enough to load Vista. And if I load Micrsoft Office and games will it need to be saved on the partitioned HDD or my regular one? Thanks for the help guys.
     
    crbauhs, May 17, 2009
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  2. MKang25

    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    Depends on what you are going to use it for. I use my Windows just for my games and some several small light weight applications. So i set aside, 50 gigs for my bootcamp, ~10 for my Windows and the rest for game. I assume ~6gigs for 1 game so theres enough for 8 games which is more than enough for me. Anything you save in bootcamp will be saved on that bootcamp partioned HD. I

    If you get something like VMWARE you can acess windows inside OS X and then you can save things in windows on your OS X and vice versa. You can also open programs in OS X with windows programs and vice versa.
     
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  3. crbauhs

    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    ok thats exactly what I was looking for. Now to install the bootcamp drivers and get it all going. That will be good.
     
    crbauhs, May 17, 2009
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    my partition is of 100gb
     
    Luke1708, May 18, 2009
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