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Old 24-10-2007, 05:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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i have assigned only 40 gb 2 my c drive ..........

how much space have u assigned 2 ur C drive or 4 ur OS ?
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Old 24-10-2007, 05:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Only 11GB.I have a small 40GB HDD.
BTW why??
Also shouldn't this thread be in chit-chat.
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1/4th the space of my hard disk
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6 Gig in my 160 gig HDD. . . I've a seperate partition for Program Files ranging 80 gig
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depends upon which os u use?
I ve 15 GB for xp
BTW, It realy need a thread...
if yes it sud be in chit chat
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Old 24-10-2007, 05:53 PM   #6 (permalink)
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ax3. . . . . . i think you thought this section as CHIT CHAT section. . . . . mods . . . . .
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When i had 40GB hardrive few yrs back 4GB...now 20GB with 320GB hardrive I only keep C for OS.....and load image on C every month or tow
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I use 15 GB for my C:\ drive....and my hard disk capacity is 240 GB.
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C ->14.6 Gb
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16.8/160 GB for Xp
16.8/160 GB For Vista/Ubuntu/Fedora/Win 2003
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Vista runnin from C drive : 2.8 GB free of 15.6 GB !!
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Strange Question

as what would u do after knowing the C drive space it can be 2 GB or 200 GB as nothing depends on whats the size of C partition
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as what would u do after knowing the C drive space it can be 2 GB or 200 GB as nothing depends on whats the size of C partition
Yes it Does , Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Requires 6GB on Windows Drive in Addition to Space on any other drive .

Currently my C Drive is 40 Gig .
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and if you wanna install Wikipedia Webaroo you need 7 GB flat
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Yes it Does , Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Requires 6GB on Windows Drive in Addition to Space on any other drive .

Currently my C Drive is 40 Gig .
Since when C: partition means necesseriliy the OS partition ??
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C: Windows = 8GB
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my friend has 320 GB for C drive in his 500 x 2 HDD in RAID 0 configuration
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only 4.7GB for xp partition.sufficient for me
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Old 25-10-2007, 12:40 PM   #19 (permalink)
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ya ..... cdrive generally has OS & then v start installing Softwares, Games etc ...

so eventually the list becomes endless & thus v do need more space ....


now i can install many softwares or games till some disk space is occupied ....... THATS more FUN 4 me ....
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I got 160 GB HDD

C [OS + Programs] : 10
D: DVD RAM
E: Games : 50
F: "Stuff" : 40
G: Songs and Movies: 60
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I have 40HDD +160HDD =200GB
C: 11GB
S: 80GB SONGS(11GB FREE)
F: 40 FILMS(1.2GB FREE)
rest is used to keep software and pc linux os
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10gb c: for windows
20gb d: program files
25gb e: setups of progrmas
25gb f: games installed
40gb g: movies,songs
40gb h:images of cd/dvd
160gb total
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10 gb for c:\
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I have 4 partition. 1/4 assigned to each. Total Hdd Size : 40 GBs.
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as of now i have 80+160 here is how it is:

20 - C: (xp)
34 - D: (softwares & backup)
34 - E: (Vista)
34 - F: (Games & 18+)
26 - G: (Misc)
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1 ? ...... have seen many ppl loading games & softwares on 2 other partition ..... y is it helpful or just 2 reduce c drive size ?
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15 GB
this also depends on the OS u r using
am using XP
but what is the question
should even do with lesser space
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Vista requires @11Gb of which 1Gb is for hibernation and @1.3GB for pagefile. like the guy above me said depends on your OS.
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