The Size of Windows 7

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  1. Ciara
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    The Size of Windows 7


    I have Windows 7 installed on a 500GB hard drive so I have a lot of space not used, is it possible to partition this hard drive (with Windows 7 in place) ? and if I can how much space would Windows need ? any advice appreciated :)
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  3. Orbital Shark
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    Hi,

    You may want to browse This Tutorial

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    Try to leave 50-100GB for the main partition unless you do not intend on installing a lot of applications. The size you leave is entirely up to you



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  4. Ciara
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    Thank you Orbital Shark :)
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  6. Orbital Shark
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    You're welcome :)
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  7. jimbo45
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    Orbital Shark said:
    Hi,

    You may want to browse This Tutorial

       Tip
    Try to leave 50-100GB for the main partition unless you do not intend on installing a lot of applications. The size you leave is entirely up to you



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    Even if you DO install a lot of apps a max size of 60 GB is MORE than enough for the W7 partition in 99.9999% of cases. I have LOADS of apps on a desktop running W7 x 64 enterprise and I still have 15 GB free on a 55 GB partition.

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  8. Orbital Shark
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    The suggestion above would also take into account retore points, shadow copies and temporary files. If the OP is sufficient in the process of cleaning redundant files then you're correct 60GB will be sufficient.

    I've seen in some cases that over 30GB has been freed up by deleting all bu the latest restore point.
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  10. Ciara
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    I did it , well not quite right as I made it 150GB but better then 500GB, thanks again Orbital Shark, very happy with that !

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  11. Orbital Shark
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    That's great, now you can use the secondary partition as a data drive for all your music/pictures/documents/videos.
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  12. Orbital Shark
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    Also, you can Shrink the current volume to exactly what you need and Extend the new partition to make it bigger
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  13. Ciara
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    I have two 500GB hard drives so I'm going to partition the second in to three, it has nothing on it ATM :)
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