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    Windows 7 Ultimate Install Size ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by w.a.y.n.e, May 21, 2012.

  1. w.a.y.n.e

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    Installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on my laptop today, and i'm not entirely sure about the install size.

    It's not the first time i've installed this, and i think it was form the same disc, last time was to a 60GB SSD in a desktop, and there was plenty of space

    Pre-Partitioned and formated the drive (one primary partition) using Diskpart from a Win7 Recovery disc.

    During install, very near the start i got an odd option regarding install, where i had to tell it if i was upgrading an existing install, or installing fresh - can't remember if i had that option previously.

    After install, i noticed that i had 48GB spare :eek: .... a 60GB+ install size, !

    Anyone else find this somewhat odd ?? ..... unless i miss-read it, and it was 60 something space left and 48GB used (at work right now so can't check)
     
    w.a.y.n.e, May 21, 2012
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  2. V_Chip

    V_Chip Be about it.

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    The option for upgrade or fresh install is not new..

    My installation of W7 Ultimate on my desktop was 20gb. What's taking up so much space?
     
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    That is what i'm wondering, i will have a closer look when i get home tomorrow, it was an SP1 disc, direct from M$ download link if i remember correctly.
    I'm wondering if it's stored all the update files that were included, but still, that should not make for such a big install.

    I will have a closer look tomorrow when i get home, maybe i mis-read something, but usually if i notice these sort of things, then i havent made a mistake.

    Thanks for the confirmation on the upgrade/fresh install thing
     
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    Yeah that's the one - i think i probably forgot i saw that last time around because i was focused on the rest of the install and setup, and doing the same this time around, installing on the SSD then tweaking and moving stuff so the entire C:\Users folder is on a separate drive - I partitioned out 250GB of the second drive simply for this task, and also as an applications overspill should i need it, and kept 498GB for storage
     
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    I do fine with a C drive partition of 150gb for a W7HP 64-bit installation, along with respective installs of a couple games, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Inventor, MS Office 2010 Pro Plus, MS Visual Studio 2010, Photoshop CS5, and a plethora of browsers, IDEs and media software. This leaves me currently with 50gb for additional software. The rest of my 320gb HDD has been partitioned as my D drive for data.

    Disabling hibernate saves a few gb if you need it that bad. An install of W7Pro 32-bit and MS Office 2010 Pro Plus and MS Skydrive (includes all of 5gb of data) leaves my Chromebook 16gb SSD with 2gb to spare.
     
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    bingo! - or at least part of it.... i think i found my culprits :rolleyes:

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    could have something to do with this i guess, but not sure...

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    i'll finish off the other tweaking and then go give that a kicking.... any advice on the hibernation thing ? i have never had a laptop before and as such have always turned off hibernation, i have no idea of the real advantages of it, if there are any
     
    w.a.y.n.e, May 22, 2012
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    Hibernation is nice if you don't want to always cold boot. I use hibernate when I go from study hall (working on CAD) and then have three periods in between to my CAD class. This way data is stored onto the hard disk and bootup is somewhat faster in relation to dealing with all the startup programs I have. It's worthwhile if you want to save some battery life over sleep, but for what you do (power user) I would suppose it won't be too beneficial.

    It's all on preference.
     
    V_Chip, May 22, 2012
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    IIRC, you can limit the Hibernation file down to 50% of RAM size, if you don't want to disable it.
     
    SL2, May 22, 2012
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    ah now that sounds interesting, just got back from the dentist, and have to get ready for work, so i guess it's going to be tomorrow before i get back to this, longest install in history i think at this rate lol
     
    w.a.y.n.e, May 22, 2012
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