windows 10 os question

[Moonman21]

How much space do you need on an ssd to download windows os mind you i have a 2 tb hdd and just want to boot windows from the ssd

[Skiiwee29]

Windows itself is usually around 40-50gb, so in general for a boot drive its recommended a 120gb SSD

[Moonman21]

Thanks

[samcool55]

Fresh install, usually 20-ish GB.

But having fighted way too many times with W10, it will start eating space quickly and grow to 40-50GB eventually.

No idea why, but that's what it does. So if you think "i have a lot of space left" after your fresh install, you don't. Don't get greedy and keep some free space because if you don't windows will eventually annoy you to death until you give it more space.

 

I would get at least 120GB. It's possible if you can manage your storage somewhat.

64GB is asking for trouble and 32GB, don't even bother because it will end in frustrations.

[Christophe Corazza]

120 GB is indeed minimum if you want to be safe and comfortable for future OS “clogging up”.

[seagate_surfer]

Hello Moonman21, 

 

They are suggesting 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS in their website:

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications

But the true is that with the time as stated before you will see that whenever Windows gets upgraded to newer versions the amount of space occupied will also increase. A safeguard mechanism of the OS system is to create a "Windows.old" folder that contains all the important files (user data, Program Files, Windows files, etc.) to use it as the backup copy and roll back any change automatically or to get the option to go back to your previous version of the operating system. Generally speaking, these files serves as temporary files on your computer and are not used by the current Windows installation so you can get rid of that copy and recover that useful space, it varies between some GB only of about 3, 4, 10, 20 to way more than that like this example down below where the space taken by "Windows.old" is of 84.7, and don't forget the temporary windows installation files:

 

 

You can check under local disk where your OS is installed and see if you have that folder in your machine:

 

 

To delete the Windows.old folder follow these steps:

1: Click in Windows' search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.

2: Click the "Clean up system files" button.

3: Wait a bit for Windows.

4: Check the box next to "Previous Windows installation(s).", then make sure there are no other boxes checked (unless you do indeed want to delete those items like the temporary files). Click OK to start the cleanup.

[Moonman21]

On 7/5/2018 at 11:33 AM, seagate_surfer said:

Hello Moonman21, 

 

They are suggesting 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS in their website:

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications

But the true is that with the time as stated before you will see that whenever Windows gets upgraded to newer versions the amount of space occupied will also increase. A safeguard mechanism of the OS system is to create a "Windows.old" folder that contains all the important files (user data, Program Files, Windows files, etc.) to use it as the backup copy and roll back any change automatically or to get the option to go back to your previous version of the operating system. Generally speaking, these files serves as temporary files on your computer and are not used by the current Windows installation so you can get rid of that copy and recover that useful space, it varies between some GB only of about 3, 4, 10, 20 to way more than that like this example down below where the space taken by "Windows.old" is of 84.7, and don't forget the temporary windows installation files:

 

 

You can check under local disk where your OS is installed and see if you have that folder in your machine:

 

 

To delete the Windows.old folder follow these steps:

1: Click in Windows' search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.

2: Click the "Clean up system files" button.

3: Wait a bit for Windows.

4: Check the box next to "Previous Windows installation(s).", then make sure there are no other boxes checked (unless you do indeed want to delete those items like the temporary files). Click OK to start the cleanup.

Thanks seagate_surfer

[seagate_surfer]

You are welcome!!