What is the MINIMUM size a Windows OS partition should be? (On a multi-boot system)

[Feliks]

I've heard huge sizes and tiny ones. I am not looking for an extreme answer; "you need at least 180GB to run windows!" because that's BS...

I need to know the minimum/recommended *healthy (usable)* size for a Windows Partition because I'm planning to triple boot.

say the drive is 240gb.

 

[Feliks]

*I just corrected it but I also meant my Users is actually just 50 GB. I had lots of heavy files on my desktop that gets grouped into Users folder too.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, that layout will probably work.
I mentioned 80GB as the minimum (in comparison to my current 90GB), simply for breathing room in your install.

You could probably put it in a 50GB partition (but don't). And then in 6 months have to adjust things. Which will be WAY harder with 2 other operating systems in there.

 

[Feliks]

I'm thinking if I need more space I can take it from the storage partition. Is that right?

 

[USAFRet]

I'm thinking if I need more space I can take it from the storage partition. Is that right?

Design the space you need from the start, rather than trying to fix it later.

 

[Feliks]

I'm thinking if I need more space I can take it from the storage partition. Is that right?

Design the space you need from the start, rather than trying to fix it later.

That's how I see it needed, I'm just wondering how much leeroom i'll have IF it doesn't work as planned and any of the OSs needs more storage than listed (though they most likely should not.)