Smallest partition for Windows and Steam?

[erkanasu]

About to make a bootcamp partition, whats the smallest( yet STABLE ) partition one could have for windows, steam, and other very small sized apps?

 

[Shadow]

well the minimum is 5GB, XP is about 1.5, so thats 3.5GB free. Dont know how big Steam is, mind.

 

[erkanasu]

well the minimum is 5GB, XP is about 1.5, so thats 3.5GB free. Dont know how big Steam is, mind.

trust me thats not enough... xp needs at least 5 gig free to even be stable.. I was just hoping someone who has done the above would know a exact amount of space needed

 

[homerjward]

steam itself is very tiny, so just above the minimum required by xp.
however, any GAMES you install will take up a lot of space. what steam games will you be installing?

 

[thefunkymunky]

It all depends on which games you installed with Steam. My Steam folder is 8GB and I left 10GB for Windoze. So I would say around 15-20GB depending on your games

 

[erkanasu]

hl2,cs:s,hl2 dm,maybe hl2 ep1... soo 15 okay?

 

[nyzrox]

hl2,cs:s,hl2 dm,maybe hl2 ep1... soo 15 okay?

20 to be sure, me myself i run mac/windows @ 72/160GB