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SchwinnMay 8th 2009 8:40AM
From the image, "you need at least 16GB of space"... are you kidding me? 16GB for an upgrade install of Win7?!
Sure, disk space is cheap, but what the hell do they need 16GB for?!
GobeletMay 8th 2009 9:47AM
For the tens of thousands drivers included with the OS, mostly.
RUGRLNMay 8th 2009 1:45PM
I want to upgrade to 64bit, and it told me I need 20GB of free HDD Space!?!? I gto 13GB free frm my 500GB :D !
ICWienerMay 8th 2009 6:12PM
Remember that during an upgrade both copies of the OS are on the drive for a period of time. That is why you need so much space. It copies the new files to the drive, makes configuration changes, verifies it all went well enough to boot the new OS, and then saves some of the old OS files before removing the bulk of the old files.
When it's all done, the new OS doesn't take up 16 Gigs, but you might need that much space at some point in the process.
It's a generous estimate also. The last thing you want to have happen is to run out of drive space during an upgrade. That virtually guarantees you'll hose both operating systems.
SchwinnMay 11th 2009 10:36AM
I know that both OSes are on the drive during the upgrade, but if the existing one is already on the drive, you still shouldn't need 16GB "more" for the new version to come in. Sure, there is some work to be done during the install, but 16GB "more" for the install seems a bit ridiculous.
I also understand wanting some extra headroom... but if the OS takes 4-5GB, for example (I don't know - just throwing some numbers out there) where doe the extra 10GB come from!? It's not like they are recompiling code along the way!
Anyway, I realize this is more of a rant... it's kinda rhetorical... still, the bar seems to be set a bit too high... maybe they'll readjust for the RTM.