Partition sizes

[CathJ]

So I've got my new laptop, and it's got a 250Gb drive. I'm planning to partition it into 3 - for Win7, Win XP, and Data.

What sizes should I make the partitions? The winXP will be the main one initially, then I'll move everything over to Win7 and use the XP partition just for stuff that won't run on Win7 (if anything).

 

[AirWolf]

So I've got my new laptop, and it's got a 250Gb drive. I'm planning to partition it into 3 - for Win7, Win XP, and Data.

What sizes should I make the partitions? The winXP will be the main one initially, then I'll move everything over to Win7 and use the XP partition just for stuff that won't run on Win7 (if anything).

XP with programs shouldn't need more than 20 - 25 GB. Not sure about Windows 7 though. My laptop came with Vista and some add-on programs and it was already using >30GB. So at a guess I would say ~ 50GB on Windows 7 to be safe.

 

[mercurial]

I'd make both OS' = 30GB and leave the rest for storage.

 

[CathJ]

Cool, I would probably have allocated more and wasted space Tx.

 

[Random717]

I'd do at least 35GB for Windows 7... Been using 30GB for beta and RC and it got a bit cramped. Ended up installing some software on the data partition.

 

[Drake2007]

50GB for Win7, XP you can get away with 20GB.
Have you considered running XP in virtual PC/vmware? Less hassle than dual booting imo.

 

[AirWolf]

50GB for Win7, XP you can get away with 20GB.
Have you considered running XP in virtual PC/vmware? Less hassle than dual booting imo.

That's what I said.

 

[cryptic1]

Only Win 7 on my 38gig partition and the rest for storage on my 250gig.

 

[hj2k_x]

Is there stuff that only runs on XP and not 7, otherwise why the dual boot?