Thread: Installing windows vista...

hi folks,
after my system crash (for reason see here http://www.indiabroadband.net/deskto...requently.html (Desktop restarts frequently!) ) i installed windows vista, total size of my harddisk is 80GB; distributed between 3 partitions (out of which C drive is of 24.4GB) now my problem is after installing into C only 9 GB of free space is available, i googled and saw that vista takes a lot of space. ( is 9GB sufficient for installing other nitty gritties like word processing softwares as well as Antivirus.. .... all those things for normal working..)
Wat would u all suggest.. for better utilization of disk space.

Go back to XP

Originally Posted by newprouser

Go back to XP

i was mesmerised with the feel of vitsa in my notebook buddy so i jumped to vista for my desktop as well !

9 GB should be sufficient. Install program files in another drive so that it doesn't get installed in C drive.

Originally Posted by bingbang

i was mesmerised with the feel of vitsa in my notebook buddy so i jumped to vista for my desktop as well !

Try Windows 7

Originally Posted by meetdilip

9 GB should be sufficient. Install program files in another drive so that it doesn't get installed in C drive.

Thats a soothing voice .. i too have the same idea in my mind of installing programes into other drives BTW will all the programm work fine with other than path C:/

Originally Posted by bingbang

i was mesmerised with the feel of vitsa in my notebook buddy so i jumped to vista for my desktop as well !

he he

get a GF

Originally Posted by meetdilip

9 GB should be sufficient. Install program files in another drive so that it doesn't get installed in C drive.

Try Windows 7

that requires 16 GB (according to M$)

Originally Posted by bingbang

Thats a soothing voice .. i too have the same idea in my mind of installing programes into other drives BTW will all the programm work fine with other than path C:/

I used to keep most of my programs in other drives due to less space. But 9 GB will be sufficient. Till there is space, install in C drive. When it got consumed, say 1 GB space left, further programs to be installed in another drive.

My Windows 7 drive is 24.4 GB.

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Originally Posted by newprouser

Go back to XP

I too like xp in windows OS.

I also install software and operating system in different drives. All of them work fine, except Google products and very few software which doesn't have the option to change/choose installation directory.

Even if you successfully fit all the software and operating system files in a single drive with little space, the system might become slow and start to cause problems.

BTW, You can use vLite to tweak and remove unnecessary services/components to make the operating system smaller.

Originally Posted by bingbang

Thats a soothing voice .. i too have the same idea in my mind of installing programes into other drives BTW will all the programm work fine with other than path C:/

Not all work.. Some of them have to be installed in your OS drive to work efficiently..