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windows 8 (32-bit) hdd requirements, if inc all updates?

theDarkness

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 9:52PM

I would like to find out how much space Windows 8 32-bit requires, if taking into account all important ms updates and service packs to date, rather than just the minimum usually stated on the microsoft website? They say it requires the same space as vista and 7 (16-20GB depending on version). In reality vista and 7 32bit can take up 30GB with all updates, so I imagine 8 is pretty much the same, around 30GB? Vista was considered as bloatware by some reviewers, so I wonder how much has changed. Not that 30GB is a great deal of space if taking into account a modern hdd, but if someone is limited and is considering 8, it might be to them. Thanks.

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Jock1e

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:09PM

19Gb mine uses including security programs.

I hope I calculated it properly so wait for input from others.

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:44PM

I'm using 25GB with security and other essential programs (burning, video playing, movie making and so on) that need to be on the SSD. However as it is an SSD, system restore, hibernate, defrag, indexing, timestamp, prefetch, event logging and name creation have been disabled.

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:48PM

Oh, and virtual memory dropped to 1 GB on an 8 gig ram system.

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rdave13

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Posted February 10, 2013 at 11:07PM

Sorry, that should be I have 25 gig left of a 65 gig ssd.

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xox101

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Posted February 11, 2013 at 1:19PM

Got a 120 gig SSD with two partitions running 8 and Ubuntu. The Windows partition is 64 gig with around 35 free.

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