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    Vista HD space?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by krisgh15, Jan 31, 2007.

  1. krisgh15

    krisgh15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed vista business edition. I was previously running xp media edition, so I was unable to select the upgrade install method. My HD is 100gb. After booting up my computer in vista, it says that 37.3 GB are taken by C: and 11.7 by D. Is this average for vista? Or does it mean xp is still installed on my computer somewhere? How do I free up some hard drive space? :D
     
    krisgh15, Jan 31, 2007
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I am assuming that D is empty? If not, I cannot have any way of predicting how much space Vista took up!

    Vista takes up around 15GB on average, I believe. AT least that's for Beta2/RC1 . Your 100GB drive should work just fine with Vista.
     
    Gautam, Feb 1, 2007
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    That sound about right. There was I think about 82GB after I installed Vista Business on my R60. It was a clean install.

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    Estlander Notebook Consultant

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    I went to Office Depot yesterday, to check out what laptops they had there.
    I played around with four different laptops that had Vista on them, and the Windows folders were all around 10GB.
    But with clean install Vista should take about 7.5GB.
     
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    krisgh15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the input :). I had to just clean up the xp install files and such. Gave me back about 20 gigs.
     
    krisgh15, Feb 1, 2007
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