Windows 10: Doing a windows install with a specific allocated disk size

Discus and support Doing a windows install with a specific allocated disk size in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, I just received a replacement drive after my old one stopped working, and I'm about to do a clean install of windows on it. I was wondering if... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by LauraSalas1, May 3, 2019.

  1. LAURASALAS1
    LauraSalas1 Win User

    Doing a windows install with a specific allocated disk size


    Hi,


    I just received a replacement drive after my old one stopped working, and I'm about to do a clean install of windows on it.


    I was wondering if it's possible to install windows so that instead of my C drive taking 95% of my drive space (I think windows automatically partitions 5% of the drive towards other system files), it takes for example only 50% of it by leaving the other 45% of my total drive space unallocated.


    I am doing this because I would like to install Linux with 100 GB of allocated drive space for it, but last time I installed windows it took over my whole drive, and I was only able to shrink my C drive by 13 GB, which was incredibly restricting (specially taking into consideration my drive is 512 GB).


    I've tried workarounds for this maximum shrink size, but all attempts have failed. I am extremely reluctant of using third-party tools for shrinking my volume with fear that it will corrupt my drive (specially after just having to replace this one).

    :)
     
    LauraSalas1, May 3, 2019
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  2. MKRK
    mkrk Win User

    Disk Allocation


    Hi everyone,
    It's Kousik here. I have installed xubuntu along with windows 10. To do that i had to re partition my hard disk which is of 1 tb. While doing this i can't allocate 250gb as primary partition.
    The message below is showing
    " You cannot allocate a primay partition because the disk already contains maximum number of partitions". Suggest me a way how to allocate that much amount of space in this situation Thank You
     
    mkrk, May 3, 2019
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  3. MUSSELS
    Mussels Win User
    NTFS File Allocation Size

    i suggest reformatting, minimum of 40GB for C: (windows) drive.

    then setup your second parition with a 64K allocation size - and yes, it makes a difference. defrags go a hell of a lot faster, and we all know fragmentation can slow drives dramatically.
     
    Mussels, May 3, 2019
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  4. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User

    Doing a windows install with a specific allocated disk size

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, May 3, 2019
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