Disk space for a Windows 8 Boot Camp partition?
How much disk space would one recommend for a Boot Camp partition for Windows 8?
There are 5-6 things to consider, bottom line: 50GB minimum.
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Thank you, Hatter. By the way, would the same apply to Windows 7?
Yes and maybe even more so.
Core OS, page, hibernation, cache, user account, applications, data, downloads, room to process compressed files and updates, even the general need to have 15% or more free maintained (more so for an SSD even though they are small and every GB counts).
Sometimes you can reduce after install, say make a backup etc but not usually.
Also upgrade from Windows 7 to 8 will need room for both, at least until you decide you don't need one or the other but it keeps the old system and can revert if the install/update fails so that can require 60-80GB at least. And anyone going to upgrade from 7 to 8 in the next year might.
Thank you again, Hatter. How does the following sound for a Mac Mini with a 500 GB hard drive?
Windows 7: 75 GB
Windows 8: 75 GB
OS X 10.7 Lion: 350 GB
That sounds reasonable but it depends how much data you plan on saving in your Boot Camp partition. If you plan on saving 100GB of movies then 75GB won't work too well.
Who said triple boot? and why?
Run 8 in a VM and run 7 in a native 100GB partition.
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Thank you for the feedback, Bob.
Thank you for the recommendation, Hatter.
Disk space for a Windows 8 Boot Camp partition?