Storage Requirements
Windows 8 hard disk free space minimum: 16GB (32-bit Windows) or 20GB (64-bit Windows)
The disk space requirements depend on which version of Windows 8 you’re installing, but count on the new OS requiring at least 16GB free space to install. The OS will use perhaps another few gigabytes for the storage of things such as the paging file, System Restore checkpoints, Internet Explorer temporary files, and the Recycle Bin, so 32-bit Windows 8 will require at least 20GB of storage, and 64-bit Windows at least 24GB.
These days, of course, it’s not the operating system that usurps the most space on our hard drives; it’s the massive multimedia files that now seem to be routine for most of us. Multimegabyte digital photos and spreadsheets, ...
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