Disc space needed: 250Gb available

I'm sure there must be a post on this but I've not managed to find it.
Issue
I want to use boot camp to partition my drive for game playing and running an accounting programme in Win OS.
The standard HDD is 250Gb and I'm averaging around 200Gb used space: movies 46Gb, music 35Gb, TV 11Gb, being the major players.
Recommendations for Win OS partitions seem to be in the range of 60-80Gb. On top of that a recommended OSX free space of 30% which you could argue is another 80Gb.
Summary: 250Gb total space. About 130/200Gb used is user media files. 140Gb, say, required for OSX free and Win OS partition = approx. 200+140=340Gb required.
Solutions
1. I'd prefer not to use the Cloud as bandwidth is pathetic where I live.
2. I'd prefer not to buy a new HDD due to cost.
3. ?
Thanks
Mark
[Off the shelf MacBook Pro. OS X 10.8.2]

2. I'd prefer not to buy a new HDD due to cost.
I'm afraid that you're going to need to either buy a new internal drive with more space or buy an external drive and copy all of your document files (I'd say most of your user folder, seeing that you have so many videos and tunes) over to it.
My suggestion would be to buy both - if you don't have an external drive for a backup (at least one) you could be hosed if your internal HD dies.
Sorry,
Clinton

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