- Sep 14, 2012
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Hi, I have an old laptop which had windows vista on but the HDD failed (It started clicking and stalled). I have a 20GB 2.5" drive spare from another broken laptop I can replace the broken HDD with. I was wanting to know if I could install Windows 7 home premium to such a small drive. The specs for win 7 say it needs 18GB (32 bit OS) but I know it will need updates ect.
So will 20GB be to small?
The laptop is only used for watching films upstairs and the odd Google search nothing else.
I am not familiar with any other operating systems other than Windows (95, 98, XP, Vista and 7) so if the drive is to small can anyone recommend an alternative OS that will suite the needs of a glorified movie player if win7 is not suitable.
So will 20GB be to small?
The laptop is only used for watching films upstairs and the odd Google search nothing else.
I am not familiar with any other operating systems other than Windows (95, 98, XP, Vista and 7) so if the drive is to small can anyone recommend an alternative OS that will suite the needs of a glorified movie player if win7 is not suitable.
just wanted to know if I can make it do for the time being until I can replace it with a larger one.
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