possible to install Vista Ultimate on a 18.5 partition?

[Semjon Katatschkow]

Will the Vista installer continue with the installation if only an 18.5GB
partition is present? Has anybody managed to install Vista on a partition
smaller than 20GB? 'Cause the minimal requirements say 40GB free space for
the installation, that's ridiculous. Will Vista refuse even to attempt to
install just because I have 1Gb less than required?

 

[Robert Moir]

Will the Vista installer continue with the installation if only an
18.5GB partition is present?

Yes. My test installs onto virtual machines have all been to a disk of about
16Gb in size.

Has anybody managed to install Vista on
a partition smaller than 20GB?

Yes. See above.

'Cause the minimal requirements say
40GB free space for the installation, that's ridiculous.

I agree. Over the average lifetime of a OS install, that is going to be far
too **small** for a "production" Vista install. I reckon on adding 20Gb to
that or just going ahead and double it.

Will Vista
refuse even to attempt to install just because I have 1Gb less than
required?

No. But if this is a serious "production" install, that is, one you intend
to use as your main OS install, not just for testing, you really will need
that 40Gb, if not a damn sight more space than that.

Regards
Rob Moir.

 

[Semjon Katatschkow]

Thanx for the info

Yes. My test installs onto virtual machines have all been to a disk of
about 16Gb in size.


Yes. See above.


I agree. Over the average lifetime of a OS install, that is going to be
far too **small** for a "production" Vista install. I reckon on adding
20Gb to that or just going ahead and double it.


No. But if this is a serious "production" install, that is, one you intend
to use as your main OS install, not just for testing, you really will need
that 40Gb, if not a damn sight more space than that.

Regards
Rob Moir.