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How much space does Win 7 beta require..

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Arun the Gr8
Arun the Gr8 Original post #1
Mar 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Hey guys,

I m repartitioning my hard-drive n was wondering how much space is required to install the beta version of windows 7..

Reply soon..
desiibond
desiibond #2
Mar 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I left a 20Gb partition for it. I think it takes around 7-8Gb initially.

Note: If you are going to use safari 4's preview and top sites features, you need a big HDD. use if for a month and it's cache size will be bigger than win7 installation size :)
cybercool10
cybercool10 #3
Mar 30, 2009 at 5:59 PM
how much space is required to install the beta version of windows 7..
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The Core files takes no more than 9GB at most and extra space is needed for the "pagefile" and "Hiberfil" [Hibernation data] , So 9GB x 2*[Your RAM Size]
fabler
fabler #4
Mar 30, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Yes its around 7.7 GB after fresh installation.
toofan
toofan #5
Mar 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Thats too much:x.

How can they do so. Means it will take more time to installation also:x. But surely will be fast:smile:.
desiibond
desiibond #6
Mar 31, 2009 at 9:21 AM
^^yes. Installation time is very long but it's worth the wait :)
Krazy Bluez
Krazy Bluez #7
Apr 1, 2009 at 1:56 AM
In Virtual BOX it took me 5.76 GB (6,188,720,640 bytes exact), and I've installed nothing else...Its for the latest 7068 version that has just leaked...
iMav
iMav #8
Apr 7, 2009 at 4:13 PM
I've heard that a frsh installation is within 6 GB & installation time for a fresh installation is around 40 minutes, an upgrade takes a hell lot of a time.
dheeraj_kumar
dheeraj_kumar #9
Apr 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM
A fresh installation took me 40-45 mins approx. I never do upgrades, only clean installs.

tested: 7000, 7022, 7068
comp@ddict
comp@ddict #10
Apr 7, 2009 at 9:43 PM
A fresh installation took me 40-45 mins approx. I never do upgrades, only clean installs.
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THe estd. time at best is 22 mins only(with SSD however).
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amol48 #11
Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 AM
I am using a Windows 7 -7057 build and it's taking about 10GB INCLUDING the pagefile and hibernate file!

The installation took less than 25 minutes which is pretty fast for a fresh install. Don't know about upgrades however!
dheeraj_kumar
dheeraj_kumar #12
Apr 9, 2009 at 6:51 PM
My installation is slower, because the entire installation freezes up suddenly, but continues later. This is not only a problem wih 7, but also with XP and Vista. I guess its just my hard disk...

Ashish, most people have been experiencing little or no driver problems, but the application compatibility is another issue... Performance is much better than Vista, I can guarantee that much.