Vista size?

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ingeborgdot

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I just want a concensus to the size of everyones partition for vista. I am going to dual boot xp pro and vista 64. I made xp 45gb because I will not be putting a lot of info on that partition. I was wondering what you thought a good size for vista will be? I was thinking around 100-120gb. I have many large programs to install like adobe CS3, office 07, etc that take up a lot of space. I want to future proof it for size. What is your take on this?
I have seen some people say 20gb. Do you not put anything on this partition? That seems so small.
 

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IMHO at least 100gig
 

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100GB is good, but I've gotten away wth 80GB for nearly a year now. The one thing that killed it was installing Crysis.
 

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    Q6600
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    Abit IP35Pro
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    4GB Crucial Ballistix
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    VisionTek Radeon HD4850
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
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    Sansung SyncMaster 2493HM
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    1900x1200
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    2 - internal seagate 500GB 1 - external 2TB NDAS server
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    Antec P182
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I used an 80 for about 3 months and it filled up very quickly
 

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    Windows 11 Workstation
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    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    PSU
    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
    Keyboard
    Surface Ergonomic.
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    350 Mb/s
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    WinTV NovaTD HP CP1515n Color Laser Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer Microsoft LifeCam Cinema APC 750i Smart UPS
  • Operating System
    windows 10
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    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
I have 3 partitions on my main drive and only one on the other. My vista is at 50gb as I am only putting the os and several small apps on this drive. All the other apps are on my other separate drive. My problem is that somehow the vista drive keeps filling up and I don't know why. I can't find anything that is adding up to 41gb that it says it is full of. Where could it be?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Genuine Home Built Grad A
    CPU
    Q6600
    Motherboard
    Abit IP35Pro
    Memory
    4GB Crucial Ballistix
    Graphics card(s)
    VisionTek Radeon HD4850
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sansung SyncMaster 2493HM
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 - internal seagate 500GB 1 - external 2TB NDAS server
    PSU
    P&C quad 750 watt
    Case
    Antec P182
    Internet Speed
    6016kbps
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