How much space should I partition for OS on 250GB SSD? Is it necessary?

[AYYLMAOBABY]

I recently bought a new samsung 250GB SSD and is thinking of installing the OS (window7) on it, but I'm not sure how much space I should allocate for it. Or is partitioning unnecessary for an SSD? I plan on using the rest of the space for games and whatnot. Furthermore, I will be using my current HDD as my secondary drive.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there.

Partitioning is really not a bad idea if you don't need the whole space. It's easier to organize things, plus you can always reformat the non-OS partition if you decide that you want to at some point. Other than that you could also migrate the OS partition at some point (if you need to) without the partition with the games (you can't do that if everything is on a single partition).
On the space needed for your OS and Program Files, this is really up to personal preference, ability to manage disk space and what programs you'll be installing. Some people can manage an OS partition of Win 7 with just 60GB, however I'd recommend that you make it at least 100GB if you plan on installing a lot of storage hungry programs and to keep some space for updates.

Make sure that you have all secondary drives disconnected from the motherboard during the Windows installation process. This could save you from some booting issues in the future.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Boogieman_WD

 

[AYYLMAOBABY]

Hey there.

Partitioning is really not a bad idea if you don't need the whole space. It's easier to organize things, plus you can always reformat the non-OS partition if you decide that you want to at some point. Other than that you could also migrate the OS partition at some point (if you need to) without the partition with the games (you can't do that if everything is on a single partition).
On the space needed for your OS and Program Files, this is really up to personal preference, ability to manage disk space and what programs you'll be installing. Some people can manage an OS partition of Win 7 with just 60GB, however I'd recommend that you make it at least 100GB if you plan on installing a lot of storage hungry programs and to keep some space for updates.

Make sure that you have all secondary drives disconnected from the motherboard during the Windows installation process. This could save you from some booting issues in the future.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Boogieman_WD

how much space should i partition for the OS? 40GB? 50GB? 60GB?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Again, it depends. However if it's Windows 7 (I assume 64bit version) along with programs going in the Program Files folder, I'd say minimum 60GB. So that you have some wiggle room (around 10-15GB) once you install all the OS updates and everything else.

Here's an article with some tips for SSD users, which could come in handy: https://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/

 

[natcha12]

I have a 128gb SSD totally used for Windows 10, I wanted a fire and forget setup I wouldn't have to fiddle around with after

After 6mo of use I am at 75gb used by installing every program I could onto a HDD other than games on another SSD. I recommend 100gb, win7 may be smaller than 10 but having a little extra breathing space is nice

 

[Colif]

bonus to 7 is it all goes in one partition except the mbr, Win 10 would make 4 partitions and reinstalling it on the drive after its got extra partitions made for games etc. could get messy. If were win 10 I would just leave it all for c drive, but since its not... you don't need to worry as much.

 

[AYYLMAOBABY]

I have a 128gb SSD totally used for Windows 10, I wanted a fire and forget setup I wouldn't have to fiddle around with after

After 6mo of use I am at 75gb used by installing every program I could onto a HDD other than games on another SSD. I recommend 100gb, win7 may be smaller than 10 but having a little extra breathing space is nice

I plan on reupgrading back to window 10 in the future, so I'm not sure if it's really all that necessary to partition.

 

[Colif]

If you intend to fresh install win 10 later, there are other reasons not to have multiple partitions. If your PC made in last 6 years it will have a UEFI bios and Win 10 will probably require you to use GPT format on hdd.

Win 7 uses MBR and only easy way to convert to GPT is delete all partitions on drive. You can't run GPT & MBR on same drive.