December 23, 200916 yr I have attempted to strip down my Windows7 installation 6 or 7 times. Each time I burn a new DVD it is still about 1.3GB on the DVD and the install is still 7GB on my netbook. I can't figure out if I am just missing a step or what. I've tried using one of the presets and I've deselected the items I don't want and each time I rebuild I seem to keep getting the same footprint on my netbook. What step am I missing?
January 1, 201016 yr your installed size is big coz of Page File (virtual memory)which is set up by OS itself 1.5 x your RAM (if i'm not mistaken with multiplier)also WinSxS component adds another ~500 MB to installed size+ some others...people usualy use DISM to get ridd of such components coz vLite is sensitive in removing them
January 2, 201016 yr Correct though the pagefile ends up as big as your current/total RAM is. I think my installation on a 16GB SSD was 4-5GB with updates + pagefile.My tip would be to turn off hibernation (mine, both on desktop/netbook was as big as the pagefile) by typing: powercfg -h off in the command prompt. Turning off UAC (User Account Control) is essential for this as it won't let you fiddle with stiff like this, or unless anyone knows a better way.
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