The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Windows 7 Laptop Install Size?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by theoak, Nov 3, 2009.

  1. theoak

    theoak Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    90
    Messages:
    296
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    So, as per my signature, I have a E1705 with an 80GB hard drive. It took me three years to fill that guy up with XP. Still have XP buy the way.

    Was considering purchasing a new laptop with a 128GB SSD. Would love to go higher ... too rich for my blood.

    I was wondering if folks here could give me feed back as to when they received their Windows 7 laptop from Dell ... how much space did that occupy?

    Thanks ...
     
    theoak, Nov 3, 2009
    #1
  2. DRFP

    DRFP Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    584
    Likes Received:
    36
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Win 7 Ultimate is about 9 GB at moment.

    I think Home premium is still around 8GB

    if others want, all you do is open C drive and click properties of Windows folder to get an Idea.

    I would say 10 to 12 gb to include programs folder.

    XP ( inferior in many ways) SP 3 was around 1.5 GB when I installed it on my Daughter's older laptop.
     
    DRFP, Nov 3, 2009
    #2
  3. theoak

    theoak Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    90
    Messages:
    296
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Perfect!

    I was thinking if it was as high as 40GB, I would probably still go with the 128GB SSD. At 10GB (+-) the SSD should last me a good long time ... at least long enough (2/3 years at least) for them to drop in price and move up if I need to.

    Thanks for the feedback!
     
    theoak, Nov 3, 2009
    #3
  4. DarK_MischieF

    DarK_MischieF Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    17
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I strongly recommend a clean install. Windows 7 installs quickly, and the time to get all the drivers on takes less than 2 hours.

    2.5 hours is worth a faster and better experience using your computer!
     
    DarK_MischieF, Nov 7, 2009
    #4