pepak Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I wonder: How small can I make Vista x64 while still retaining basic functionality (accessing shared folders on other computers, sharing my own folders, printing...)? Nonessential stuff such as movie maker, media player, Aero etc. can go, I can live without the drivers (I can use a version from the manufacturer, stripped to the bare bones), pagefile will be disabled and temp directories moved to a different drive, but I need to keep critical functions. Installed applications are not a problem, since I only install two or three which can not be made "portable".I have read several reports about "extreme vliting", but those seem like pointless competition rather than building a setup which will be used by an actual user. (The reason I ask: I am considering the move to 64 bits, but I have a limtied space for system partition - I use Gigabyte i-RAM which maxes out at 4 GB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomorrow Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Not counting pagefile etc i would guess ~1.5GB.My x86 usable(not extreme) is around 1GB but since x64 takes more space then 1.5GB i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Wow now thats an awesome number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvind Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 My Vista x64 with sp1 is 1.17gb.. and i haven't even removed half the stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Barry Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 My Vista x64 with sp1 is 1.17gb.. and i haven't even removed half the stuff How's that possible? I remove 234 components on 249 (extreme is active) and I am nowhere near that. winsxs is even removed! Even I remove .NET, my Windows folder would be roughly 3Go. You sure it's x64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara- Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 My Vista x64 with sp1 is 1.17gb.. and i haven't even removed half the stuff How's that possible? I remove 234 components on 249 (extreme is active) and I am nowhere near that. winsxs is even removed! Even I remove .NET, my Windows folder would be roughly 3Go. You sure it's x64?He probably thinks on installation disc, not on installed size.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskingen Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 i guess so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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