Yes Gav, Windows requires its own partition on your computer's internal startup disk. Boot Camp Assistant creates a second partition on your startup disk …
Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2010, at 11:26 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > > I haven't tried it but I believe installing boot camp to an external drive is > a painful process. > > If you're doing that, I'd recommend a virtual machine and keeping it on the > virtual drive if space is an issue. > > Gav > > On 26/03/2010, at 11:17 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> >> Thanks Gavin, >> >> I dont want to sacrifice that much space so I will look at using a small >> external drive. >> >> Regards, >> >> Adrian >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> On 26/03/2010, at 10:48 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Adrian, >>> >>> 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software >>> and have room for updates and a bit of processing. >>> >>> You'd probably end up taking around 10 gigs for Windows 7. >>> >>> Personally, I'd put more if you can afford it - resizing the bootcamp >>> partition sucks, and you do need a lot of spare space to do it, usually >>> double the size you want the partition to be - eg if you want a 50 gig >>> partition, you'll may need 100 gigs of free space on your hard disk to do >>> this. It can be a bit of a messy process if you need to change. >>> >>> Otherwise, using a virtual machine might be a better option as you can >>> always resize that as you need with less hassle. >>> >>> Gav >>> >>> On 26/03/2010, at 10:42 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Good morning all, >>>> >>>> Can some one please advise me how much disk space will be take if I >>>> install Windows 7 on an iMac (Intel & Snow Leopard) using Boot Camp or >>>> other appropriate software. >>>> >>>> I do not intend installing a lot of windows application as I only require >>>> it to run Family Search software and maybe use it to verify that my >>>> windows victim friends will be able to play the odd CD/DVD that I send >>>> them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> adrianske...@me.com >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
