Windows 7 free space

[fiza]

I have a number of 120GB SSDs that I want to utilise in some old machines. Once Windows 7 is installed and all our software is loaded on there is only 18GB left on the drive (shows as 18.1GB free of 111GB). Users save to the network and don't have access to the C drive. Is 18GB enough space or will I find after a while that windows updates etc will eat up that space?

[localzuk]

Your main thing to watch out for will be local profiles building up, and the software distribution/downloads folder filling up. You could easily script delprof to get rid of the profiles (or, I believe there's a GPO setting which will remove local profiles on log off), and set a scheduled task to clear out the downloads folder once a month or something similar though.

[mrwoberts]

If you don't need to hibernate these machines then remove the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys)

powercfg /h off

 

If you have other ways of recovering from errors, or system file corruptions then switch off the System Restore.

 

Depending on how much Physical RAM you have installed you could look at the MAX size of the Pagefile and reduce that to say, 2048??

 

Perhaps also adjust the Recycle Bin sizes, or better still choose the, "Don't move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove Files immediately when deleted." option.

[mrwoberts]

One other thing.

 

If you installed these machines from a stock Windows DVD and let Windows Update do its thing, then I would run 'Disk Cleanup' as Administrator - this should cleanup possibly over 1 GB, but is good housekeeping anyway.

[NokiX]

Also keep in mind how much AV data is stored on the local machine since you may need to reduce the number of historical information your antivirus stores to avoid using much disk space.

[3s-gtech]

Not uncommon for there to be 4GB+ of saving if you run Disk Cleanup and check all of the Windows Update and logs options. Your user profiles are an important part of it; as we use mandatory profiles for students they delete at logoff. This has allowed us to use a number of 64GB SSDs for several years, though they're getting a bit close now.