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Wipe drive and install Win 10 #10162 from ISO


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I have a test computer that had Windows 7 on it. I am using it to get all the Windows 10 downloads, because I do not want to mess up my main computer. Anyway, over 30 Gig of space is taken up so far, and all I have on it is Windows 10, and Office 2016 (Trial). I did the disc cleanups and even removed all prior installations of Windows 10, but there is still over 30 Gig of space used up. I know if I install  10162 from an ISO file, I will get the chance to do a clean install. I even tried that with another release of Windows 10, but I do not believe it removes everything. Anyway, this is my question. Can I completely wipe my hard drive with another program called Wipe Drive Pro, and then install Windows 10 #10162 from a ISO file, or will it look for a valid operating system like Windows 7 or 8.  8.1   Windows 10 should only take about 4 Gig of space, not nearly 30 Gig.  Thanks, Mike 

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  1. Of course you can wipe,  but do not recommend wipe the drive, however, wipe partition.

Where did you take that Windows 10 uses only 4GB - this is the volume, if you have an ISO file, after installation the volume is much-much higher.

Windows 10 has not yet been released, why these weird meantime versions are needed? You do not do anything (read: cannot do anything) with them.

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kaljukass...Thanks for the reply. OK, so if Windows 10 has a Volume of 4 Gig, what would that equal after installation...about.  5 Gig, 10 Gig, 15 Gig ?? Thanks, Mike

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kaljukass...Thanks for the reply. OK, so if Windows 10 has a Volume of 4 Gig, what would that equal after installation...about.  5 Gig, 10 Gig, 15 Gig ?? Thanks, Mike

Windows 8.2 10 :whistle: should have - more or less - the same hard disk space requirements as 8.1, i.e. between 16 and 20 Gb for a normal installation (wich BTW is more or less the same amount of space needed for Vista, Vista SP1, Vista SP 2, Vista SP3 WIndows 7 ;) and windows 8:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/919183

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements

 

When the final version will be released, the new mechanism that is replacing wimboot:

http://www.howtogeek.com/196416/wimboot-explained-how-windows-can-now-fit-on-a-tiny-16-gb-drive/

 most probably will allow to make it much smaller (do not expect miracles, possibly a couple of Gb saved):

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/2062/microsoft-explains-os-compression-in-windows-10

cannot say if such mechanism is already available in these beta's :unsure:.

 

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kaljukass...Thanks for the reply. OK, so if Windows 10 has a Volume of 4 Gig, what would that equal after installation...about.  5 Gig, 10 Gig, 15 Gig ?? Thanks, Mike

Windows 8.2 10 :whistle: should have - more or less - the same hard disk space requirements as 8.1, i.e. between 16 and 20 Gb for a normal installation (wich BTW is more or less the same amount of space needed for Vista, Vista SP1, Vista SP 2, Vista SP3 WIndows 7 ;) and windows 8:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/919183

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements

 

When the final version will be released, the new mechanism that is replacing wimboot:

http://www.howtogeek.com/196416/wimboot-explained-how-windows-can-now-fit-on-a-tiny-16-gb-drive/

 most probably will allow to make it much smaller (do not expect miracles, possibly a couple of Gb saved):

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/2062/microsoft-explains-os-compression-in-windows-10

cannot say if such mechanism is already available in these beta's :unsure:.

 

jaclaz

 

 

Yes it is available in this betas, I already tried it, you get about 31% reduction in size from standard install (both witout pagefile and hiberfile), I tested it using WinNTSetup v3.80 to deploy the .wim to VHD see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v38/page-50#entry1101479

And also take a look to few latter posts, to clarify the use of this compact mode in WinNTSetup v3.80

 

To deploy Windows from Windows Setup

  • Use an unattend.xml file with the setting: Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\Compact

More info in Microsoft page about compact install: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn940129%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

 

Best Regards

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