How Many GBs is Windows 7 Ultimate 64x?

[JackALope52x]

Hi All,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I was wondering how many GBs of storage Windows 7 takes up? I was recently given a 60GB SSD for my computer. The plan was to install Windows 7 and a few programs / games on the SSD and use my 3TB HDD for everything else. After I installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and a few basic programs my SDD is practically full. Is this normal?

I installed practically all important and optional updates Windows offered. Looking back on it now I am thinking that this might have been a problem. Are there updates that take up a lot of memory that I don't need? Also is there a way to uninstall previous updates?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
-JackALope

 

[AddRAM]

With all the updates and no software installed, 18-19 GBs tops. There is no reason to uninstall any updates. In fact, make sure you have them all.

You didn`t install any language packs did you ?

 

[JackALope52x]

Hey thanks for the quick reply AddRAM. To tell you the truth I think I did install them. If they were on recommended or optional install list then I would have installed them...

 

[cyclic]

Bare in mind your SSD should not be more than 80% filled for Trim to do it's job properly, so about 48Gb in your case. You will soon see a performance drop off if Trim can't work efficiently.

 

[JackALope52x]

Thanks for the info cyclic. I never knew that. I understand what TRIM is (to an extent), but why does it need that much space to function properly?

 

[AddRAM]

Well get rid of them, you only need 1 language, right ?

You can remove updates by going into control panel>programs and features>view installed updates

then right click on an update to uninstall it.

Language Packs are not highlighted by default, you have to choose 1 to install it. So you probably didn`t. But you can always check.

You can rightclick each 1 in windows update and hide it so they don`t keep showing up.

 

[JackALope52x]

Thanks AddRAM. I will do that right away. Do language packs typically take up a lot of space?

 

[gregrocker]

They are not intended to all be installed except for the language you want. I would hide the rest although it's a PITA and could have been made easier. You paid a lot more for the trouble (didn't you?)

 

[AddRAM]

Thanks AddRAM. I will do that right away. Do language packs typically take up a lot of space?

I don`t know, never installed any, but I`m sure they do.

All updates will list their size.

 

[JackALope52x]

Hmmm this is interesting. So I looked at my installed updates and I couldn't find a single language pack. So I went to Windows Update and looked through all Optional Updates (hidden and showing) and I could only find six language packs that weren't. This is weird because I know that there are about twenty or so packs that you can install.

Either I installed a bunch and they are not showing up in the View Installed Updates section or I didn't install any of them and they are not showing up in Windows Update.

 

[gregrocker]

Where did you get Win7 Ultimate? How is it being activated?

You might want to start over and follow these same steps to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 avoiding the language packs you don't need to keep the size on SSD smaller.

Link your data by copying User folders to HD, rightclick on each to add to the related Library - Include a Folder - Windows 7 Forums

If you don't use Hibernate turn it off: Hibernate - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Forums

You can also set the paging file to around 2gb without any performance problems: Virtual Memory Paging File - Change - Vista Forums

 

[JackALope52x]

Hey gregrocker, thanks for all the tips. I will most definitely try those to see if it helps. I did move my user profile over to the HDD just save space, but I will probably end up doing a fresh install of Windows just to make sure everything is how it should be. All my stuff is backed up so it won't be a pain.

 

[cyclic]

This article will tell you about Trim (not an acronym but a command) and the way Win handles garbage collection. Whilst it's not a defragging mechanism it still needs space to move blocks of data around.

 

[JackALope52x]

Thanks again for the information cyclic, it is much appreciated.