Approx 15gb of hdd for 64 bit windows, what's my best hope?

JonJ678 · 5 Jan 2011 at 22:17

The easy answer is to install it to a larger partition, but this isn't ideal. I've got a 30gb ssd, and want approximately 15gb of applications installed to it. Windows may have the rest, but the less the better.

Windows XP, 32 bit, fits comfortably. I'm not convinced 64 bit vista or 7 will do. So I believe that my best choice is to remove / uninstall parts of windows which require considerable hard drive space and which I don't use. Vlite looks to be my best choice here, but I can recall stability problems from nlite and xp.

Roughly how should I go about this? Image the cd, strip out bits on a hunch using vlite, then install from the cd is my best idea so far. This reeks of trial and error though. Is there a better solution?

Psypher5 · 5 Jan 2011 at 22:23

i used to use vlite/nlite on my old eeepc for windows xp/vista. on a 4gb ssd i needed too!

You can find guides which tell you what you need to keep etc, but most of its explained within vlite with checkboxes and descriptions iirc

bledd · 6 Jan 2011 at 10:55

vlite is dead and will just break your Vista / 7 install for future Windows updates. It hasn't been updated for years, I was on the alpha testing team so used to use it and test it every day.

If it was still in development I'd be using it, but now it's just a bodged project on msfn since nuhi stopped making it.

Bottom line is, a 30gb SSD is too small for Windows 7 64bit, you'd just about get away with 32bit on there, but that may grow to large for it too

Dano · 6 Jan 2011 at 11:02

bledd. said:
Bottom line is, a 30gb SSD is too small for Windows 7 64bit, you'd just about get away with 32bit on there, but that may grow to large for it too

My W7 x64 install has been on a 30GB partition since release with no issues other than me having to clear out the temp files maybe once.

Raumarik · 6 Jan 2011 at 11:35

Win 7 64Bit will take up around 17Gb once installed, you'll have to keep on top of any temp files, updates etc though to stop this expanding rather quickly.

PapaLazaru · 6 Jan 2011 at 14:33

I have Win 7 64 Home Premium in a 30gb SSD. Got 8gb spare so no problems here. I reckon should be fine till Win8.

ns400r · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:43

My totally clean install of Windows 7 64bit only consumes 13Gb.

arknor · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:55

ns400r said:
My totally clean install of Windows 7 64bit only consumes 13Gb.

just my c:\windows folder is 16.4 GB (17,671,376,760 bytes)

thats not counting the program files , user settings etc

marc2003 · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:25

ns400r said:
My totally clean install of Windows 7 64bit only consumes 13Gb.

cool. don't use the PC at all and it will stay that size for good.

iviv · 7 Jan 2011 at 22:27

18.8Gb here. 64-bit, installed 14th July 2009. So its had a fair ammount of time to bloat up

HangTime · 7 Jan 2011 at 23:23

I'd be tempted to let Windows run riot and be more selective about what apps you install to the SSD, 15GB seems quite a lot.

Amp34 · 7 Jan 2011 at 23:55

Remember the sxs folder too, takes up almost as much as the initial install after a year or so...

m4cc45 · 8 Jan 2011 at 08:46

Why don't you install Windows on the SSD and the apps you don't really use much elsewhere?

You want the OS on the fastest performing drive you have ideally and W7 will fit comfortably on there who cares if a few apps are installed elsewhere?

M.