What is the MINIMUM space I NEED to allocate in VMWare for Windows 7 to work?

[vader1990]

Hi,

So guys, what is the MINIMUM space I need to allocate in VMWare Fusion, so that the Windows 7 Beta works successfully on my unibody MBP?

Basically how much space does the OS take? Is 10GB a good guess? 15GB just to be safe?

Thanks guys!

 

[Fabiano]

I just got the defaut settings for Vista, that is 40GB. Here the Windows 7 folder is 7,09 GB.

 

[jav6454]

Hi,

So guys, what is the MINIMUM space I need to allocate in VMWare Fusion, so that the Windows 7 Beta works successfully on my unibody MBP?

Basically how much space does the OS take? Is 10GB a good guess? 15GB just to be safe?

Thanks guys!

Windows 7 takes 16GB by itself, so I'd say give it 25 to 32 GB.

 

[vader1990]

I just got the defaut settings for Vista, that is 40GB. Here the Windows folder is 7,09 GB.

So wait, the OS takes up 7.08GB, so is using a 10GB setting for VMWare a good plan?

Thanks!

 

[vader1990]

Windows 7 takes 16GB by itself, so I'd say give it 25 to 32 GB.

20Gb any good? if not then 25GB shoudl be...

Thanks man!!

What about that guy saying it taking up 7.08GB?!

 

[bcaslis]

I've used Windows 7 under bootcamp (not VMware) and used a 16GB partition. If I turn off restore points, then I get about 4GB free. You should be able to do the same thing with VMware.

 

[jav6454]

20Gb any good? if not then 25GB shoudl be...

Thanks man!!

What about that guy saying it taking up 7.08GB?!

He was lying. Windows 7 takes up 2.4 GB as an .iso image in 32-bit and 3.2 GB as in .iso image in 64-bit.

However, once all files are expanded and installed, the total space required is ~ 16 GB give or take. 20 GB partition should be enough if you only plan to use your Windows partition for testing purposes, but if you plan to game a little, I'd say use 25 GB, gives more breathing room for games.