Minimum partition size for Win 7 Ultimate

[weemanpow3]

My Crucial M4 256 GB SSD will be coming in at the end of the week along with an optibay. I do all my main work on OS X and want as much space as I can get on the SSD for applications. Windows will be all just for gaming.

What would be the right partition size for Windows and enough space so I can install updates? Thanks.

Here's what I want my setup to be. If you have a better suggestion on setup, please post it.

SSD - Crucial M4 256 GB
Main Bay
-Mac OS X Lion
-Windows 7 Ultimate


HDD - 750 GB
Optibay
-General Applications and games storage
-Formate drive to NTFS (install paragon NTFS on OS X Lion)

 

[heisenberg123]

My Crucial M4 256 GB SSD will be coming in at the end of the week along with an optibay. I do all my main work on OS X and want as much space as I can get on the SSD for applications. Windows will be all just for gaming.

What would be the right partition size for Windows and enough space so I can install updates? Thanks.

Here's what I want my setup to be. If you have a better suggestion on setup, please post it.

SSD - Crucial M4 256 GB
Main Bay
-Mac OS X Lion
-Windows 7 Ultimate


HDD - 750 GB
Optibay
-General Applications and games storage
-Formate drive to NTFS (install paragon NTFS on OS X Lion)

i think for bootcamp the minimum is 20GB

Windows 7 uses about 10GB

i do think 256GB is overkill for just the 2 operating systems

 

[Nielsenius]

If you actually intend on using Windows you'll need at least 30 GB. The 20 GB minimum set by Apple isn't nearly enough if you intend to install any programs. The Boot Camp drivers take up some space. If you want to save space delete the hibernation image file (size is equal to your RAM amount). I would recommend at least 35 GB for any extended use.

 

[Sincci]

With 256GB SSD, you should give at least 80GB to Windows to get it running properly.