Actual FINAL size of Windows 7 SP1 (complete)

[RooSalad]

What is the absolute final size of this OS?
Seeing as no more updates will be coming out for it- the absolute final size including all updates has to be known by someone, somewhere...

Anyone have it?

I'm doing a clean fresh install (downgrading from Windows 10) of Windows 7 Ultimate on my new Laptop (also adding an SSD and removing the Hard Drive)..
I need to know exactly how much space to partition on the drive for a full, final, completed Windows 7 Ultimate.

 

[tech-wreck]

around 40GB ish? (edumacated guess)

 

[cheese9k]

About 7-8GB normally. It's actually pretty small, you just have things like page files and hibernation files that make it huge. I've seen Windows 7 Home Premium installs that are as small as 5GB (had some features stripped).

 

[RooSalad]

around 40GB ish? (edumacated guess)

Well the reason I ask- is because I am making doing a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate (if I can find my g*d d**n CD!) and I need to know EXACTLY HOW MUCH SPACE to partition on my SSD for Windows.

 

[tech-wreck]

i have a 64GB SSD for my OS and a couple of other programs, and it's about 2/3 full. it's a good idea to leave a chunk unused.
i have w7 pro, not sure how much extra space ultimate takes up...

 

[plywrlw]

I just wiped, reinstalled and fully updated Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit on my partner's old laptop. With nothing else on it takes about 24Gb including the recovery partition (which is about 6.5Gb)

 

[Math Geek]

if you make it too small it will look for space elsewhere for the page file and other uses. in general i make a 100 gb windows partition and rarely see it filled up. this includes programs as well. normally sits about 3/4 full. remember windows does not like to be sitting on a nearly full drive. once it gets over about 90% it starts nagging to clear up space and may being having issues. so ensure the extra space is alloted or you're gonna cause a bunch of trouble for yourself.

 

[RooSalad]

So... nobody knows the -actual- final size apparently...

 

[giantbucket]

So... nobody knows the -actual- final size apparently...

we do, but it depends on how much you want to rape it.

honest? 45G or so
bunch of useful stuff removed (restore points, etc)? less less.
someone raped it completely? 5G, apparently.

besides, you gotta factor in swap space which depends on ram.

 

[Math Geek]

i have installed win 7 on an old 10 gb hdd for a reason i have long forgotten. it was not full but it did give me a lot of issues with "windows is out of space, free some up" type errors.

i have never tried anything smaller but i doubt it would work. 20 gb is about as low as i would try to be sure all the extra space needed is there. you keep ignoring the fact that for windows to run it is not simply how much space the files take up but also includes the other space windows uses daily. temp files and such. run an installer and it unzips it to a temp folder and many other things you do needs space to work in.

you can change the my documents folder to another location to save that space but a lot of the working windows "temp" space can't be moved and will cause a ton of issues if the space is unavailable.

 

[plywrlw]

So... nobody knows the -actual- final size apparently...

we do, but it depends on how much you want to rape it.

honest? 45G or so
bunch of useful stuff removed (restore points, etc)? less less.
someone raped it completely? 5G, apparently.

besides, you gotta factor in swap space which depends on ram.

Please find a better word to use; "rape" is an entirely unecessary word to use in this context