Windows 7/8 on 24GB

Hey NBR,

My notebook currently packs a 24GB M.2 (PCIe based) SSD, which is currently used for caching.

My question is, it is possible to Install Windows 7/8 on such a small storage space? I will be disabling System Restore/Hibernate and Moving the Swap file to the HDD.

With this said, how much storage space will i have left?

Will i have enough space to put:
- Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student (1GB)
- Adobe Fireworks CS5
- Adobe After Effects CS5 (only the program, actual movies will be on the HDD)
- Thunderbird with all my email
- Firefox with it's cache
- All the other >50mb apps i have like skype/utorrent/google earth/winrar/etc.

All of this should take no more than 7GB.

 

Okay thanks. Caching drive it is.

 

As Indrek said, possible with some tweaks, but don't or get a bigger SSD if possible. I'm pretty sure your 410p will take a standard mSATA SSD, so you could swap it for a 256 GB drive.

 

Nope. M.2 (NGFF) only. Only the older Y400s pack Msata, but those lack optimus and only have 768p screens.

 

A fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit uses 7.5 GB, excluding updates, separate drivers, hibernation and pagefile. After install, it just keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Trying to make the install smaller isn't worth it IMO. I got down to a 1.3 GB install and a 500 MB ISO, but I also run into loads of issues.

Buy a bigger SSD, maybe this one. Intel® SSD 530 Series

 

I was gonna do that but im waiting for the Ultrabay Graphics card to come out (in case you dont know, you can put a second GPU in this laptop's ODD bay and do SLI), so caddying a 2.5'' SSD is probably not the best idea. Plus, i have no intention on replacing the 1TB HDD, since i need it's roomy space to do video editing (aka the SSD killer) and i store lots of large files on it such as video games and ISO's.

And i hate Intel SSD's since they are so overpriced. I would have rather picked a Samsung 840 [evo].

I'm fine, ill just use the caching drive. All my apps load in a snap with it anyways.

However if Lenovo gives me the proverbial middle finger and decides to not release the ODD GPU, ill then start shopping for a bigger SSD.

 

No, I meant upgrading the M2 SSD, nothing else. Intel was the first one I found, but there are other brands available as well.

 

Intel 530 only comes in 80mm M.2 format. Y410p uses 42mm M.2.

 

Super Talent ST1 should work. NGFF SSD | Super Talent Technology - SSD | Solid State Drives