I just finished the install. Out of a dreadful 128gb drive I rationed away 30 gb for light gaming on windows. I installed Win 7 ultimate 64 bit. In the windows folder it shows that folder alone is 19 gigs. It says I only have 8 gigs free! With 8 gb free I cant even install a single game! Shouldn't windows be only 7 or 8 gigs? Why is it taking 19 up? Any way to fix this?
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Installed Windows 7 but it takes 19 gigs??
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No. Once you start using win7 it will take even more space. It's not realistic using win7 on a partition less than 60GB, unless you only use it for one app.
Which games do you wanna run?
Could you run it in VMWare/Parallels, then u could use Win XP which can be slimmed down to less than a GB.
Even better use wine/cider (I know loads hate it, but it takes no space at all).
I'm playing old games like Vampire Masquerade Bloodline and SpellForce 2 on my MB,
Windows 7 takes up more space than OS X. The 32-bit version is about 3-4GB smaller. You might try some of the tips here.
http://superuser.com/questions/1436...ize-of-windows-7-and-its-cpu-and-memory-usage
http://superuser.com/questions/1436...ize-of-windows-7-and-its-cpu-and-memory-usage
Win 7 Pro 32bit took about 17gb on my 13/4/128 MBA. I allocated 40gb to the Windows partition because I don't plan on putting too much there. It runs fine.
This is a good tip from that link:
Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
Type this : powercfg -h off
It will turn off hibernation and remove c:\hibfile.sys which will be the same size as your installed RAM.