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Windows 7: Size of partition for Win 7
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26 Aug 2010
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Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit Ontario, Canada |
Size of partition for Win 7
I will be installing Win 7 on second drive in it's own partition (Dual Booting with Vista on C:\), what size should the Win 7 partition be? I have 1TB to work with, so size is no problem.
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension 9200
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 E6320 Duo (4MB L2 cache, 1.86Ghz, 1066FSB
Motherboard Dell
Memory 4GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR2, PC2-5300, 667Mhz
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS
Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Monitor(s) Displays 22 inch Widescreen Digital(Dell) @ 19" Acer LCD
Screen Resolution Dell 1680 x 1050, Axcer 1280 x1024
Keyboard MX5500 Logitech
Mouse Logitech Bluetooth MX5500
PSU APC Back UPS ES 750
Case Standard
Cooling Standard
Hard Drives 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm w/ DataBurst Cache
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, 2 x 1TB USB drives for BU
Other Info Dell Studio Laptop, Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
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26 Aug 2010
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Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer University of Kentucky |
Here's Microsoft's recommendations. Of course nobody in their right mind would make their OS partition this small. Windows 7 system requirements - Microsoft Windows | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell and Custom
OS Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
CPU System 1: i7 2600@3.4GHz, System 2: AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6G
Motherboard System 1:Dell 06NWYK System 2: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
Memory System 1: 8GB System 2: 8GB
Graphics Card System 1: ATI FirePro V4800 System 2: Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card System 1: onboard System 2: onboard
Monitor(s) Displays System1: Viewsonic HDMI 24"
Screen Resolution System 1: 1920x1080 System 2: 1920x1080
Case System 1: Dell System 2: Cooler Master
Hard Drives System 1: Mirrored .5B drives System 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Internet Speed 10 MBPS
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26 Aug 2010
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This really depends on how much software/games/temp space/and other stuff you plan on putting on the c: drive. Typically, I would not go with less than 200G. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
CPU C2D E6600 2.4Ghz
Motherboard Intel D965WH
Memory 4G Kingston KHX5400D2
Graphics Card EVGA GTX 570 HD SC (012-P3-1573-KR)
Sound Card On-Board
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 226BW
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
PSU Corsair TX750W
Case In-Win C589
Cooling Stock Intel Cooling
Hard Drives 2 x 250 Seagate Barracuda
2 x 500 Seagate Barracuda (Raid1)
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26 Aug 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by BarrieNoodles  I will be installing Win 7 on second drive in it's own partition (Dual Booting with Vista on C:\), what size should the Win 7 partition be? I have 1TB to work with, so size is no problem.
This depends if you plan on installing lots of apps and games, your most basic apps and maybe one or two games, 60-80Gb should be fine, if you make a separate data partition.
Tutorial here: Data Partition | | My System Specs | | OS DOS^
Internet Speed VERY FAST>>>!!!
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26 Aug 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
Another thought is how much do you need as far as general use as well as comtemplating a second storage.backup partition or simply having one large primary to work with.
Here the situation was solved by having additional drives for storage and backup purposes. Here's a look at how things were while running the RCs on the last build a year ago right before 7's release date. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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27 Aug 2010
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W 7 64-bit Ultimate The Lowcountry |
Hello BarrieNoodles, welcome to Seven Forums!
The one thing to keep in mind is that the Windows built-in partition tool will only let 3 primary partitions be created, and a fourth extended partition that as many logical partitions as you have drive remaining letters, per HDD; so keep this in mind as you set up the partition structure.
I wouldn't put an OS on less than about a 100GB, JMMHO. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number * BFK Customs *
OS W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft 500
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Corsair 620HX
Case Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Hard Drives 1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
Internet Speed 14 Mb/s
Other Info 1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
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27 Aug 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
A good look at the 100mb system reserved partition Bare Foot Kid is referring to is seen in the snipping from the Disk Management tool here. When installing 7 on a prepartitioned drive however using a 3rd party program you generally won't see it. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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