How much disk space does Windows 8 allocate?

How much space do you need to allocate for installing Windows 8 C?

Before installing Windows 8, how much system disk space you want to partition is the first important consideration. Factor, because the system volume wastes disk resources if there is too much space, too little, and the system disk space is not enough due to the increasing system files, which brings unnecessary trouble. Then we install Windows 8, how much disk space is needed?

Microsoft official recommendation:

At least 16 GB of free disk space is required to install Windows 8 (x86);

At least 20 GB of free disk space is required to install Windows 8 (X64);

It is believed that Microsoft's official advice is based on the fact that Windows 8 can be run separately, and for our daily use. It is equipped with a Windows 8 system disk, and also installs commonly used software such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, etc., as well as anti-virus software, etc. These non-portable software are installed on the C drive. In addition, the system's hibernation files, virtual memory files, system restore files, etc., so Microsoft's disk space allocation ratio is obviously not enough.

Our newly installed Windows 8 (x86) takes up approximately 10.6 GB of disk space; Windows 8 (64) requires approximately 13 GB of disk space. Therefore, the software product suggestion:

Plan to install non-portable software such as Office, PS, etc. to the C drive:

Install the Windows 8 disk partition to allocate no less than 50 GB of disk space;

Similar to the needs of netbooks:

The disk space for installing Windows 8 X86 is not less than 20G;

The disk space for installing Windows 8 X64 is not less than 25G.