How much partition space should I have for the windows side?

I need to set up a partition to run windows on my mac. what is the minimum space I should use for the partition so that windows doesn't get bogged down?

After you install and Windows downloads all the updates - that can amount to a year of updates since even SP1 came out, more if original Windows 7.
Those updates need room to unzip, write the installer cache, update files. And even with 12GB of free space is a tight fit.
And that is on top of everything else mentioned.

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lyndaapple wrote:
I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and want to upgrade to Yosemite, which requires about 5.7 GB. When I go to About this Mac, I see that I have 4GB memory. But to upgrade I think I need 5.7 RAM. I don't know difference between GB in memory and RAM. How do I find out how much free space I have and if it's enough to download Yosemite? I have 2.4 GHz processor speed for my MacBook 7.1. Also, first time I tried downloading, I ran out of gigabytes from my broadband account. I bought more ( 6 GB) and then the downloading stopped and never completed? Could I have run out of gigabytes on broadband account again?
RAM is different to disk space. Niel's #2 instruction tell you how to check disk space. That is where the installer will be saved when you download it.
Make sure the disk has well over 20-30GB free, the OS can perform badly if you fill the disk too full.
Since you have 6GB a 'cap' on your downloads I'd strongly suggest that you do the following if you ever manage to download the installer…
Wait for the download to complete, when the large window pops up prompting you to install OS X click Cancel.
Now open the Applications folder, find the installer (called 'Install OS X Yosemite'). Copy that to another disk for safe keeping.
When copied you can open the installer application from the Applications folder & continue to install OS X.
The reason for making a copy is because the installer will delete itself after installation. If you ever need to re-run it you will need to download it again. This is not good when you have a download limit on your internet connection.
Do you have access to any other internet connections? A friend, relative or business that has no download cap? It could be expensive to keep hitting your cap.
P.S. The installer may restart instead of resuming the download, so it is possible that the entire 5.7 GB will need to be downloaded again.

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Hey guys,
I am planning on installing Arch Linux KDE on my Lenovo Y470: I5,4 gig ram, Nvidia gt 540M. How much of swap space should I have ?
And I could use some clarification on "rolling release" as to what it means :-)
Thanks
Last edited by pyarch (2011-10-01 03:18:43)

karol wrote:
The packages get updated to whatever the upstream calls stable release. You get some updated packages every day.
There's no Arch Release, but we do have an iso you use to install the system for the first time.
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[2011-09-30 16:41] synchronizing package lists
[2011-09-30 16:42] starting full system upgrade
[2011-09-30 16:42] upgraded vim-runtime (7.3.294-1 -> 7.3.322-1)
[2011-09-30 16:42] upgraded vim (7.3.294-1 -> 7.3.322-1)
Ok, thanks alot
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I'm running Windows 7 on a Mac, and just downloaded Firefox 6.0.2 for the Windows side. However, my right-click function is not working in Firefox. It clicks on a link instead of bringing up the context menu. Please help.

This is the only program on the Windows side that has this problem. Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office work just fine with the right-click.

My scroll also doesn't work in Firefox -- but does in Excel and Word. This has been intermittent for months now. Usually, if I reboot the scroll would begin working again until for no apparent reason it quits again. Now even the reboot doesn't fix the no-scroll problem. I have Windows Vista. I even did a Firefox Update to 9.0.1.
I don't have that file on my about:config page so this solution won't work for me.
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I have a new 500 GB Hard Drive coming in today and want to know how much of this drive should be partitioned for TM?
I have a 1st Gen. MacBook with 80GB internal HD. There is approx. 15 GB of free space on my internal drive.
I ask because I would like to use a portion of the new drive for overflow music, video, and photo storage. The 120 GB External drive I was using for TM and Overflow stopped backing up with TM quickly because it "ran out of space".
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Jeff

silverlakemacuser wrote:
I have a new 500 GB Hard Drive coming in today and want to know how much of this drive should be partitioned for TM?
I have a 1st Gen. MacBook with 80GB internal HD. There is approx. 15 GB of free space on my internal drive.
I ask because I would like to use a portion of the new drive for overflow music, video, and photo storage. The 120 GB External drive I was using for TM and Overflow stopped backing up with TM quickly because it "ran out of space".
Your question should be answered by the first item in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018
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Hello SwissCanuck,
Just FYI, with regard to 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7:
You will not be able to "upgrade" from a 32-bit version of Windows 7 to 64-bit -- the architecture between the two is too drastically different to allow such a change. To learn more about the differences between a 32-bit operating system and 64-bit please go to the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequ ently-asked-questions
Additionally, check out the requirements here for Windows 7:
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it requires:
•1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
•1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
•16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
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Obviously covered as per your hardware. Essentially, it is always better if you run Windows 7 as a "Native OS" you can do this with boot camp from Apple. Typically, the performance is not as fast in virtual environments
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Microsoft Windows Client Team

How much disk space do i need for Windows

Okay looking to partition my hard drive to install Windows 7 using boot Camp, my question is this;
How much hard drive space to I allocate for Windows?
I only need to instal 2 programs to use with windows, I am thinking of doing 100 GB, that will leave me 831 GB for the imac.
thanks

Hi,
100GB sounds like a good choice.
For Windows 7 alone usually about 40GB are recommended. Plus the amount of disk space for the programs and files you use in Windows.
Regards
Stefan

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I installed Leopard into my 17 In MacBook Pro and the 92 Gig HDD is now half full and I only have about 14 gig of music on the HDD.
I would figure the OS take about 14 to 18 gig max, so my question is, did the installed keep the old stuff and if so how do I reclaim the HDD space back.
Hope someone and point me in te right direction
Thanks
Newport Tom

If you did an Erase and Install then nothing should be on the drive except what you installed. You might try this:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
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 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Time Machine
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