NB305 - how large does a win 7 starter OS partition need to be?

Hi,
I tend to re-image the OS of my computers fairly regularly, and plan to do a clean install on a NB305. Given that it had a win 7 starter OS on it (32-bit), I'll be putting the same back on, but on a separate partition reserved only for the OS and program files. I'm not planning on putting any huge programs on it, just word 2000, thunderbird, itunes & firefox, and maybe a few others.
How large should I make the OS partition (I'll probably just keep the pagefile on that partition too)
Thanks.

I would make at least 50 GB. The OS itself will use about 20. The 64-bit version takes about 4 more.
-Jerry

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