Realistic Partition Size

[plutnicki]

Been reading through the threads for Boot Camp and I understand that 10 Gig is the minimum partition size. However, how much of that is taken up by Windows XP? I'm planning a MacBook purchase, my plans for the Windows XP use are my wife using Internet Explorer for work stuff, and probably will run OpenOffice until an OS X version for Intel Macs is readily available (beyond untested Alphas...). Just want see how big an HD I should get...

No real gaming, but would like to have some space left over... Will 10 Gig suffice, or should I plan 15 or 20 just to be safe?

Thx,

 

[Hls811]

I did a 9GB partition, and then installed Office 2003 Professional and ran all updates for both Windows and Office - those 2 combined takes up just under 6GB...

I forgot to check the actual size of JUST a clean WinXP install... I meant to, but was too quick in installing Office. I'd guestimate its 5GB.

I'm not going to run Windows for anything other than basic Office apps, and a few small apps I need for work.. I don't need to store any docs in that partition...

 

[Hugh]

How much space?

Been reading through the threads for Boot Camp and I understand that 10 Gig is the minimum partition size. However, how much of that is taken up by Windows XP? I'm planning a MacBook purchase, my plans for the Windows XP use are my wife using Internet Explorer for work stuff, and probably will run OpenOffice until an OS X version for Intel Macs is readily available (beyond untested Alphas...). Just want see how big an HD I should get...

No real gaming, but would like to have some space left over... Will 10 Gig suffice, or should I plan 15 or 20 just to be safe?

Thx,

I suggest that you go with either 15gig to 20gig. I went with 10gig and after +all+ the updates and Office I was up to 8gig used already. Give your self breathing room and go with something bigger.

Hugh

 

[Mojo67821]

I agree... 20 gigs. I'm running heavy duty programs and games on both sides, and this breakup 20 windows/60 for OSX works good for me. OSX takes up more room than windows, so I wanted to give it more breathing room.

It's always good to have at least a few gigs free.

 

[timswim78]

One thing to keep in mind. The NTFS file system requires about 15% free space in order to defragment properly.

 

[mileslong]

guys after my setup it left me with only 6 gb and its already full. is there anyway to redo this partition? please tell me i dont have to completely redo boot camp and reload windows and the mac drivers again

when ask me for the drive size it only gave me three options and the first one was very small i tookt he middle one and the other option looked like the entire mac drive size. i didnt see anywhere you could set a specific number.

help!

thanks