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    Windows Vista HD space needed.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by justin15, Feb 11, 2007.

  1. justin15

    justin15 Notebook Evangelist

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    How much space is needed to install vista?
    And what speed does the HD NEED to be?
     
    justin15, Feb 11, 2007
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    30-40 gigabytes of hard drive space will run Vista comfortably, anything more than that and you will be fine.

    I would recommend atleast a 5400RPM hard drive, though Vista will work fine on a 4200RPM drive. The 5400RPM drives balance battery and speed perfectly however, and the speed difference is greater from 4200 to 5400 than it is from 5400 to 7200.
     
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  3. justin15

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    Its not being run on my laptop though. Its being run on another PC.

    the most I can think of is a 13GB Drive I got kicking around, might be able to steal the HD in my mom's PC for the day though.
     
    justin15, Feb 11, 2007
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    How much does the Vista install take up?
     
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    Ouch, I wouldn't run Vista on only a 13GB drive, at the bare minimum I would say 15-20GB, 15GB being bare minimum.

    If you are just doing it for fun you can always try though. ;)
     
    Airman, Feb 11, 2007
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    8-10gb (depending on pagefile, hibernation file and personal file sizes).
     
    RogueMonk, Feb 11, 2007
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    Just for the Vista installation and a 2GB paging file it's 12.5GB for me with updates.
     
    Airman, Feb 11, 2007
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    Thanks

    :)

    (Ten Characters)
     
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  9. justin15

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    Ohh, I see. So the 13GB could work?
    I am only installing, to have fun, might download MSN to talk to friends while I'm at it to. So the 13GB might work, but its not for sure.
     
    justin15, Feb 11, 2007
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    i installed ultimate and only takes up 7 gigz
     
    HP Fan, Feb 11, 2007
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