Don't shoot the messenger brother. That's what the "outsourced" HP person
told me. OK, I am only interested to know how much space I need to allocate
for Vista. Applications for now will run off XP Pro until Windows 7 comes
out. I just want to play with Vista Business not install apps right now.

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> "AIANDAS" <AIANDAS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49A45040-E83D-4CB6-A305-CAF2CB9A22C6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, couldn't find the Windows Vista Newsgroups even though googled it,
> > gave
> > me a site which was no longer valid etc etc
> > Anyway I have an HP Mobile Workstation and it already has XP Pro but want
> > to
> > dual boot it. HP told me Vista Business requires a 2 gig partition is this
> > right or should I give the partition more space for the OS?
> > Thanks!
>
>
> The Vista DVD is 2gb!! If you are going to install applications along with
> Vista Business, you will need 60 to 80gb..
>
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> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
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