Hard drive partition advice

Plainview · Plainview #1 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 03:20 PM

I just used bootcamp last night to install 64 bit windows 7 for video gaming use, and before I did I read a lot about everything I needed to know including how big to make the partition which seemed most people agreed 80-100gb so i did 80, but now that I'm actually enjoying the performance I'm wondering if I should have done more bc after installing crysis 2 i have like 30 gb left. Is it ok to use up say 90 95 % of the partition or will it start slowing down and affecting performance, or should I just transfer my save file and redo the installation with more space? Thanks in advance.

Deckyon · Deckyon #2 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 03:51 PM

how big is the drive in question?

OSX needs room to expand, so does Windows.

chscag · chscag #3 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 04:17 PM

If you decide your Windows partition is too small, you can non-destructively resize it with Paragon Software's CampTune. $19.95 LINK

Plainview · Plainview #4 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 07:57 PM

It's the base model so 500 gb, but since I have so many computers currently this one is pretty much a work computer, I use it for writing music and playing games so my osx partition had 300 gb before i did the bootcamp. All my movies and stuff are on other computers so I doubt it will expand a whole lot, it's been at 300gb for awhile.

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Member Since: Apr 10, 2012 Posts: 2	04-10-2012, 07:57 PM It's the base model so 500 gb, but since I have so many computers currently this one is pretty much a work computer, I use it for writing music and playing games so my osx partition had 300 gb before i did the bootcamp. All my movies and stuff are on other computers so I doubt it will expand a whole lot, it's been at 300gb for awhile. 2011 21.5" iMac 2.5ghz quad i5 8 gb ram iPhone 4 (jailbroke with siri) 2008 macbook 2.4 ghz core2duo 4 gb ram 2009 mac mini 2 ghz core2duo 2 gb ram
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Member Since: Apr 10, 2012 Posts: 2	04-10-2012, 03:20 PM I just used bootcamp last night to install 64 bit windows 7 for video gaming use, and before I did I read a lot about everything I needed to know including how big to make the partition which seemed most people agreed 80-100gb so i did 80, but now that I'm actually enjoying the performance I'm wondering if I should have done more bc after installing crysis 2 i have like 30 gb left. Is it ok to use up say 90 95 % of the partition or will it start slowing down and affecting performance, or should I just transfer my save file and redo the installation with more space? Thanks in advance.
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