big the vista folder

Hi All
how big is the windows folder in Vista? is it 15GB or is there some give? I have 14.6 GB partition, will it install?
thanks g

The Vista install requires that you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free space, but the actual install uses about 8 GBs of hard disk space. I would recommend going with 15 to 20 GBs free space. 20 GBs preferrably. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "gerryR" wrote in message

Hi All
how big is the windows folder in Vista? is it 15GB or is there some give? I have 14.6 GB partition, will it install?
thanks g

phew, thought I'd wasted 3 hours of downloading there!! thanks for the info Andre.
I'm on a laptop and had to do alot of clearing up to clear the 14GB so I'll have to make do with that. Don;t need many apps installed on vista anyway, just want to see what the OS has got!
cheers gR
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The Vista install requires that you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free space, but the actual install uses about 8 GBs of hard disk space. I would recommend going with 15 to 20 GBs free space. 20 GBs preferrably. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "gerryR" wrote in message Hi All
how big is the windows folder in Vista? is it 15GB or is there some give? I have 14.6 GB partition, will it install?
thanks g

Ok, you are good to go then. :) -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "gerryR" wrote in message

phew, thought I'd wasted 3 hours of downloading there!! thanks for the info Andre.
I'm on a laptop and had to do alot of clearing up to clear the 14GB so I'll have to make do with that. Don;t need many apps installed on vista anyway, just want to see what the OS has got!
cheers gR
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message The Vista install requires that you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free space, but the actual install uses about 8 GBs of hard disk space. I would recommend going with 15 to 20 GBs free space. 20 GBs preferrably. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "gerryR" wrote in message Hi All
how big is the windows folder in Vista? is it 15GB or is there some give? I have 14.6 GB partition, will it install?
thanks g

Hi Gerry! I installed Beta2 on my second hd. The partition had 10 gigs free, now still more than 2 gigs. No problems so far. Anyway, I'd suggest to have at least 15 gigs or so, depending on what you're going to install and whether you have or have not a second partition for huge apps (which will most likely copy some files to your windows drive anyway).
Kai-Uwe
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phew, thought I'd wasted 3 hours of downloading there!! thanks for the info Andre.
I'm on a laptop and had to do alot of clearing up to clear the 14GB so I'll have to make do with that. Don;t need many apps installed on vista anyway, just want to see what the OS has got!
cheers gR
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message The Vista install requires that you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free space, but the actual install uses about 8 GBs of hard disk space. I would recommend going with 15 to 20 GBs free space. 20 GBs preferrably. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "gerryR" wrote in message Hi All
how big is the windows folder in Vista? is it 15GB or is there some give? I have 14.6 GB partition, will it install?
thanks g