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    Windows Vista Business requirements clarification

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gashbell, Nov 29, 2007.

  1. gashbell

    gashbell Notebook Consultant

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    Checked the microsoft website and it says that it needs
    40g of hd space and 15g of free space.

    Does it mean that i constantly need 15g of available space for it to run smoothly?

    ie my laptop is partitioned c:40g and d:80g and i have about normally between 8-13g of free space in c: Is that sufficient or will my windows run slightly slower? Thanks and appreciate the feedback.
     
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    wax4213 Notebook Consultant

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    The 15 GB free space is referring to the space needed to install Vista, which is an exaggeration in and of itself. My Windows folder almost takes up 8 GB. I would presume that they say 15 GB for two main reasons: Just to play it safe, and also to allow room for the pagefile, shadow copy, and system restore.

    You should be fine with 8-13 GB of free space, especially if you limit the amount of space that those 3 aforementioned items take up.
     
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    thanks appreciate it!
     
    gashbell, Nov 29, 2007
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