hard drive size

[antec74]

hi, would a 32gb solid state hd be ok to use for the o/s windows vista 32bit?
i am thinking that it may be a good drive to use, fast etc?
thanks
mark

[aidanjt]

I don't even think 32GB satisfies Windows Vista's minimum disk requirements, even if it was, it'd be filled on install. It's not worth it. At the very least you should be looking at a 64GB disk to make some room for additional software installation.

[nibbler]

I thought 32 would be fine?

Storage Requirements

Vista hard disk free space minimum: 15GB

The disk space requirements depend on which version of Vista you’re installing, but count on the new OS requiring at least 15GB free space to install. The OS will use perhaps another few gigabytes for the storage of things such as the paging file, System Restore checkpoints, Internet Explorer temporary file, and the Recycle Bin, so Vista will require at least 20GB of storage.

[aidanjt]

Yeah, Microsoft says that, but after the swap and hibernation file stuff is created, then a few updates, that easily balloons upwards in short order.

[nibbler]

I'm on xp I'm just quoting
Thanks.

[smargh]

I have Windows 7 64bit & an 80GB SSD. Apps & essential data is stored on the same partition as the OS. 12.3GB is currently used, with 55.9GB free. However, I have 8GB memory so put the 8.3GB pagefile on a traditional hard drive.

I have a Vista VM which is currently 10GB, so i think it would fit.

[Terbinator]

Go for Atleast 60GB, atleast this way you know your covered for the above and the inevitable increase in the OS size due to patches etc.

[benjus]

I skipped Vista, but have Win7 Ultimate on my netbook on a 10GB partition. To be fair, it's moaning a bit about being low on space, so I might have to expand it a bit. I prefer to keep the system partition small so that I can ghost it periodically and just back up the data files on other partitions.

[antec74]

thanks for the help!