Space requirements for Vista SP1 and SP2?

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Space requirements for Vista SP1 and SP2?

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Hello,

I have an old Windows Vista Home Basic machine, which I bought in 2006. I have not installed any upgrades to move to SP1 and SP2 yet, but I wish to do them now. C drive, where Vista is currently installed, has only 3 GB free space left. Could someone please guide me if I should proceed with the upgrade or arrange for more space? How much space would these updates take?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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Hello,

I have an old Windows Vista Home Basic machine, which I bought in 2006. I have not installed any upgrades to move to SP1 and SP2 yet, but I wish to do them now. C drive, where Vista is currently installed, has only 3 GB free space left. Could someone please guide me if I should proceed with the upgrade or arrange for more space? How much space would these updates take?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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you really need to buy a bigger hard drive

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Learn-how-to-install-Windows-Vista-Service-Pack-1-SP1

Make sure you have enough free disk space to install SP1 (even though much of that space will be reclaimed after the installation). If you need to create free disk space, go toStrategies for freeing disk space online.

Windows Update	<ul><br><li><br><p>x86-based: 1,200 MB</p><br></li><li><br><p>x64-based: 1,500 MB</p><br></li></ul>
Downloading SP1 from the Microsoft website	<ul><br><li><br><p>x86-based: 2,500 MB to 5,450 MB</p><br></li><li><br><p>x64-based: 4,100 MB to 7,850 MB</p><br></li></ul>

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Learn-how-to-install-Windows-Vista-Service-Pack-2-SP2

Make sure you have enough free disk space to install SP2 (even though much of that space will be reclaimed after the installation). If you need to create free disk space, go toStrategies for freeing disk space online.

Windows Update	<ul><br><li><br><p>x86-based: 684 MB</p><br></li><li><br><p>x64-based: 863 MB</p><br></li></ul>
Downloading SP2 from the Microsoft website	<ul><br><li><br><p>x86-based: 1.8 GB to 3 GB</p><br></li><li><br><p>x64-based: 3.2 GB to 5 GB</p><br></li></ul>

Walter, The Time Zone Traveller

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Personally I'd recommend an upgraded hard drive even if you aren't installing SP1 and SP2. 3gb available is not a whole lot of hard drive space.

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Hello,

I have an old Windows Vista Home Basic machine, which I bought in 2006. I have not installed any upgrades to move to SP1 and SP2 yet, but I wish to do them now. C drive, where Vista is currently installed, has only 3 GB free space left. Could someone please guide me if I should proceed with the upgrade or arrange for more space? How much space would these updates take?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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