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[htcz]

Hey

Windows 7 asks for at least 16GB of space but as we all know it doesnt nearing take that amount at all (even after updates).

Any way to bypass this?

Thank you

[HSoft]

You really don't want to. When you take into account patches, service packs etc. (as well as a swap drive but you can move that) I would say a minimum OS partition should be 40Gb.

[este]

htcz, on 15 March 2012 - 17:11, said:

Hey

Windows 7 asks for at least 16GB of space but as we all know it doesnt nearing take that amount at all (even after updates).

Any way to bypass this?

Thank you

Well did you try it out yet? If its returning errors to you on the install then it wont be possible.
The only thing I can think of is installing Win 7 Starter Edition or maybe the version thats formatted for kiosks and things of that nature. That'd be my only guess...

[Jose_49]

Hackersoft MS MVP, on 15 March 2012 - 17:15, said:

You really don't want to. When you take into account patches, service packs etc. (as well as a swap drive but you can move that) I would say a minimum OS partition should be 40Gb.

Yup. But if it's for minimal use or testing, you can give it 30 GB as well.

[htcz]

este, on 15 March 2012 - 17:17, said:

Well did you try it out yet? If its returning errors to you on the install then it wont be possible.
The only thing I can think of is installing Win 7 Starter Edition or maybe the version thats formatted for kiosks and things of that nature. That'd be my only guess...

Did not try it (but it should work as system requirements ask for at least 16GB but other reports say it doesnt)

Im asking people with experience or/and know a way to bypass that system requirement.....

[Detection]

This might work

http://www.rt7lite.com/

[Excelsis]

Hackersoft MS MVP, on 15 March 2012 - 17:15, said:

You really don't want to. When you take into account patches, service packs etc. (as well as a swap drive but you can move that) I would say a minimum OS partition should be 40Gb.

I've been running my Windows partition at 25GB for a long time now, including for Win7 and I haven't had any issues. Currently I'm sitting at 15.2GB used.
I don't do anything to make space, really, just put the swap file at 2GB and disable hibernation. And I don't use huge programs (no Office and the like).

16GB might be a bit too low though.

[htcz]

Detection, on 15 March 2012 - 17:21, said:

This might work

http://www.rt7lite.com/

Didnt read anything there that said I could skip sys requirments...

[Detection]

htcz, on 15 March 2012 - 17:29, said:

Didnt read anything there that said I could skip sys requirments...

You can tell it to ignore the RAM requirements, and you can remove unwanted parts of the install to make it smaller too, this is the program that made the famous 700MB CD ISOs of Windows 7

Similar to nLite and vLite for XP and Vista's 100MB and 700MB ISOs

Why not just try it? 16GB is within minimum requirements

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

I had 7 on my CR48 before it got destroyed on the provided 16GB SSD....even took it on a trip for a week that way....fully updated and all, but that was it. No extra anything installed, and it DID fit, but BARELY...so from personal experience, I'd say 16GB is not enough, especially when it comes down to small things....like getting somewhere halfway across the country, before really letting it sink in that, dog gone it, I really need to look at and edit this excel sheet....but wait, oh crap! I didn't have the HDD space for Office and I didn't bring any portable solution with me! (which in my case, was solved with team viewer, but still, someone else may not have thought to leave team viewer running on their desktop with the Office program they use) 16GB will work, although barely. (from my experience)

[htcz]

obiwankenobi, on 15 March 2012 - 17:45, said:

I had 7 on my CR48 before it got destroyed on the provided 16GB SSD....even took it on a trip for a week that way....fully updated and all, but that was it. No extra anything installed, and it DID fit, but BARELY...so from personal experience, I'd say 16GB is not enough, especially when it comes down to small things....like getting somewhere halfway across the country, before really letting it sink in that, dog gone it, I really need to look at and edit this excel sheet....but wait, oh crap! I didn't have the HDD space for Office and I didn't bring any portable solution with me! (which in my case, was solved with team viewer, but still, someone else may not have thought to leave team viewer running on their desktop with the Office program they use) 16GB will work, although barely. (from my experience)

Great post. Thank you.

This is going to pose a problem indeed......32GB is too expensive and out of the budget.

Thanks to everyone who have been helpful, as there are some very rude people that posted in this thread

[helpifIcan]

htcz, on 16 March 2012 - 07:46, said:

Thanks to everyone who have been helpful, as there are some very rude people that posted in this thread

Unfortunately that does sometimes happen on a public forum, just ignor them.

[g0dzilla]

IMO, 16GB is just not a sustainable capacity as it will eventually get full...

You could probably scrape by for a little while but from what I remember, Windows works well/optimally with at least 15% free space on the OS partition.

SSD drives are a LOT cheaper nowadays and the cheapest one that I could find in my local shop here in Sydney Australia is $60AUD for a Patriot SSD drive (Newegg for you in the States may be similar too):

http://www.msy.com.a...?productId=7695

[htcz]

Thought this was my thread

SSDs are sadly still out of a low budget PC. Hope it gets better.

[spikey_richie]

My WinSXS is almost 7gb by itself, let alone the rest of the Windows dir, Users dir (except the libraries which are moved to another disk). Anything less than 30gb will soon get filled up.