Smallest Vista install footprint?

[seriouscat]

Please bear with my vista noobness...

Ok I've just moved to Vista Home Premium 64bit. I've installed the o/s, hardware drivers, windows update(critical updates only). Installed Acronis True Image 11. Then I made an disk image. C drive apparently has 28gb of data, the image file is compressed to 16gb.

Can I free more space on C:\. I thought 28gb looked a bit to large for a clean base install?

I would appreciate and links to "shrinking" a new Vista install footprint. I'm all for getting rid of extra I dont need.

How much should I realistically expect to have used up for a fresh install?

Is 28Gb the norm? I read mentions of 16gb being standard?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreicated.

 

[Chapbass]

check out vlite. google it

 

[seriouscat]

Thanks.

Btw, my install went from 28gb to 19gb after I removed the Hibernation feature thingy which I wont use, and also some recovery feature also.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: seriouscat
..., my install went from 28gb to 19gb after I removed the Hibernation feature thingy which I wont use, and also some recovery feature also.

Are you referring to hiberfil.sys?

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: seriouscat
Thanks.

Btw, my install went from 28gb to 19gb after I removed the Hibernation feature thingy which I wont use, and also some recovery feature also.

lol good luck with that. Bad move though on the "some recovery feature" removal.

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: Chapbass
check out vlite. google it

highly not recommended.... vlite is known to cause problems that will prevent SP1 from installing, and if does that, who knows what other issues it can cause down the road.

 

[seriouscat]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Are you referring to hiberfil.sys?

Nah, I did it through Disk Cleanup. It was the "hibernation file cleaner" option. Although it probably deletes that file you mentioned anyways. Probably the same end result.

Originally posted by: KeypoX
lol good luck with that. Bad move though on the "some recovery feature" removal.

It was the "system restore and shadow copies" option under Disk Cleanup. This is something I will re-enable but I didnt need it for an initial Image backup of a fresh, clean install. Its like saving restore point within a restore point. 😛


Btw, I'll these things I removed were all done within Vista programs and untilies. Nothing was "hacked" or simply deleted. Simply ticking and unticking checkboxes.