Windows 8 fresh install is HUGE

[scorde]

Hi there

I just took delivery of my shiny new laptop (4710MQ processor, 8 gigs ram and a 860m GPU). I am a 3d artist hobbyist and like to have a bit of power when I'm travelling with work so I can use programmes like maya, zbrush and the unreal engine to make pretty things. I also do some light gaming (LoL, Dota 2, GTA etc).

I just did the set-up of windows 8 and I noticed that it is taking up some 42 gigs of space on my ssd without any other programmes or bloatware installed (i took the 120ssd and 1tb hdd option). Is this really the case? I wanted to install as much of my programmes on the ssd as possible to improve boot times but I guess i'm going to have to install on the hdd drive now.

Thanks

Steve

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Hi there

I just took delivery of my shiny new laptop (4710MQ processor, 8 gigs ram and a 860m GPU). I am a 3d artist hobbyist and like to have a bit of power when I'm travelling with work so I can use programmes like maya, zbrush and the unreal engine to make pretty things. I also do some light gaming (LoL, Dota 2, GTA etc).

I just did the set-up of windows 8 and I noticed that it is taking up some 42 gigs of space on my ssd without any other programmes or bloatware installed (i took the 120ssd and 1tb hdd option). Is this really the case? I wanted to install as much of my programmes on the ssd as possible to improve boot times but I guess i'm going to have to install on the hdd drive now.

Thanks

Steve

Go thru them all some are space savers.


http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/
Tweaks ^

 

[USAFRet]

I just did the set-up of windows 8 and I noticed that it is taking up some 42 gigs of space on my ssd

That is absolutely normal.

Your other applications won't really take up that much space on the SSD>
But what IS taking up space on your SSD that you can trim down is the pagefile, and hibernation..

How much RAM do you have? If sufficient, reduce it.
I have 16GB, and a pagefile of 1GB. Zero performance issues.

Hibernation? Turn it off completely.
The commandline directions here will turn it off AND delete the existing hiberfil.sys:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/819-hibernate-enable-disable.html

 

[scorde]

thanks for the comments. I will certainly go through the weblink.

I have 8 gigs of ram but will be putting another 8 gigs in at next payday. I understand that you need the pagefile for stability reasons? I know you can turn of hibernate as ssd boot speed negates the need for hibernating laptop.

 

[McHenryB]

You do need a pagefile, but just make sure that it is located on the HDD not the SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

You do need a pagefile, but just make sure that it is located on the HDD not the SSD.

You need one, but it does not have to be left at the default size.
Mine is 1GB min and max, still on the SSD.