AKAJEF

Q: Bootcamp and Windows OS.

I plan to install Windows 10 32-bit with Bootcamp on a late 2013 MacBook Pro edition. I want to know exactly what capacity I need to install it. The only thing I know is that I need a USB Flash disk with enough Gigabyte on. My question is exactly, what are all the requirements because I can't find it on the Internet.
Not even the process of the installation in Bootcamp shows me what I really need. I think maybe I need at least 10GB capacity on the USB flash disk. That's all I know.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Feb 1, 2016 12:16 PM

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  • by Loner T,Helpful

    Loner T Loner T Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to AKAJEF
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    Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to AKAJEF

    1. You need a 8+Gb USB2 flash drive. Do not use a USB HDD.

    2. Please see How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support for the procedure.

    3. Please see https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.0/ for BC Assistant help.

    4. Size of the partition also depends on the amount of RAM on your Mac. Usually, 60-100GB for the Windows partition should be sufficient.

    5. You should use 64-bit, unless the applications you need will not run on 64-bit Windows.

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    AKAJEF AKAJEF Feb 1, 2016 1:10 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 1, 2016 1:10 PM in response to Loner T

    Thanks for your quick response and referring to the guides. But what kind of RAM do really think about?

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    Loner T Loner T Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to AKAJEF
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    Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to AKAJEF

    The RAM (memory) installed on your Mac is used by the Windows installer to create large files used to support Sleep/Hibernate and memory management.

     

    Typically a 16GB Mac will use about 20-30 GB for such files. You should leave 2 x RAM for these two files.

     

    Here is an example from my 16GB Mac.

     

    ls -lgh

    total 58393712

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff     0B Feb 10  2014 $Recycle.Bin

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff     0B Aug 10  2014 93bda1828a11a8c4e5918a82

    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff   8.0K Feb 10  2014 BOOTSECT.BAK

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff   4.0K Apr  3  2015 Boot

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff     0B Jul 14  2009 Documents and Settings

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff     0B Feb 10  2014 Intel

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff     0B Aug  3  2015 NVIDIA

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff     0B Jul 13  2009 PerfLogs

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff   8.0K Sep 28 14:58 Program Files

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff   8.0K Sep 28 14:55 Program Files (x86)

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff   4.0K Sep 28 14:58 ProgramData

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff     0B Feb 10  2014 Recovery

    drwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff   8.0K Jan 31 16:53 System Volume Information

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff   4.0K Aug  3  2015 Users

    drwxr-xr-x  1 staff    16K Aug 18 10:40 Windows

    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff   375K Nov 20  2010 bootmgr

    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff    12G Jan 31 21:19 hiberfil.sys

    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 staff    16G Jan 31 21:19 pagefile.sys

  • by AKAJEF,

    AKAJEF AKAJEF Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 1, 2016 5:02 PM in response to Loner T

    I understand what you mean now with the RAM. Thank you very much for your help and guidance.