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    How much space does Vista Home basic take up?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by eL_eRiC, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. eL_eRiC

    eL_eRiC Notebook Evangelist

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    Title asks it all.
     
    eL_eRiC, Aug 25, 2007
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  2. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Including the box? :p
     
    swarmer, Aug 25, 2007
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  3. Matt

    Matt Notebook Deity

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    I'm guessing between 10 and 15 GB.

    LOL! :D
     
    Matt, Aug 25, 2007
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    A helluvalot.






    But 10-15 seems a bit high; I had Vista Business taking up about 10.
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 26, 2007
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  5. qhn

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    i m curious, why any of us would be concerned about how much disk space certain OS takes? m i missing something?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 26, 2007
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    qhn Notebook User

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    or is it that one wants to double/triple boot?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 26, 2007
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    or is it that one wants to double/triple boot?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 26, 2007
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  8. Sredni Vashtar

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    Certain people just don't like wasting resources.
    As for the dual/triple boot, yes that would be my case.
    Moreover I like to keep things nicely separeted: the bare OS on one partition, the OS data on another, the installed programs on another one too, and then have one partition for the documents I produce (those who need to be backed up frequently), one for the pictures and one for the big files (such as the temporary images created by backup utilities).

    Advantages: more robust system, ease of recovery, fast defrag, more efficience (this last one is debatable).

    Having 15 GB occupied by the bare OS is an insane waste of resources.
     
    Sredni Vashtar, Aug 26, 2007
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