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How much space to allocate to boot camp partition?

mtsmts Dr. Robot KingRegistered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Have a new macbook and am planning on installing winxp through bootcamp/fusion. Was curious how much space people are allocating to windows. i think the total memory is 160GB. not really planning on installing too much, just some stat programs etc.

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  • KrisKris Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If you're just installing some small programs, 20GB wouldn't be too bad.

    I usually make a 60GB partition for mine, but I install a bunch of games so I need some extra space.

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  • NatsusNatsus Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It depends on what you're using it for. Are you going to be installing a lot of games/apps on the windows side? Another thing to keep in mind is whether you'll be using NTFS or FAT32. If you use FAT32, you can only allocate 32GB for the Windows partition, but you can copy files to the Windows partition from OSX.

    If you use NTFS, you can allocate more space to the windows partition but you cannot write to the drive from OSX.

    Hope this helps

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I gave it 50, but I'm constantly uninstalling stuff to install other stuff. However, that's 'cause it's my main gaming system, so your mileage may vary.

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    hmmm so is it better to do fat32 or NTFS?

    i wasn't planning on playing many games but i don't own any really.

    as of right now i can only think of a few apps i would install but i am sure that will change with time

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Don't know if its possible but can i somehow get my installed win xp off my old laptop and clone it over to the new partition without having to reinstall/find my cd key?

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  • LewishamLewisham Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    mts wrote: »
    hmmm so is it better to do fat32 or NTFS?

    i wasn't planning on playing many games but i don't own any really.

    as of right now i can only think of a few apps i would install but i am sure that will change with time

    NTFS is pretty much required. Don't format it with FAT.

    I went for 15 GB with Windows XP, which has enough for one game and some productivity apps. I should probably have gone for at least 20.

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  • LewishamLewisham Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    mts wrote: »
    Don't know if its possible but can i somehow get my installed win xp off my old laptop and clone it over to the new partition without having to reinstall/find my cd key?

    Maybe, but you need a copy of a retail Windows edition for boot camp, which that key probably won't activate.

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