I'm facing an issue with installing Windows 7 on a Skylake system while dual-booting it.
I'm facing an issue with installing Windows 7 on a Skylake system while dual-booting it.
Hi, I tried running Windows 7 dualbooted with Windows 10. I allocated an 80 GB partition from a 256 GB drive for the second OS, thinking it would be enough. However, only about 70 GB was used, and Windows 7 seemed to fail around 80 GB. Windows 10 now stays on the welcome screen longer than expected. After updating the Intel USB 3.0 drivers for Windows 7, almost all input devices stopped working, including a standard PS2 keyboard. Any advice on fixing these issues? Your specs are: CPU i7-6700, ASUS PRIME Z270-P GPU, 2133 RAM, 32 GB DDR4. I recall installing Windows 7 before and it worked perfectly then.
This resource could be useful. Previously, there was a guide comparing RAM and HDD sizes. Generally, more RAM allowed for larger HDD storage during installation. I don’t recall the exact Windows version it covered, but it seems to have spanned from Windows 7 onward. The estimates were roughly: 4-8 GB RAM = 30-60 GB HDD; 16-32 GB RAM = 512 GB HDD.
It seems Windows 10 occupies 93 GB on one partition while the contents within that partition use only 71 GB of space.
Wow, the pagefile and hibernation files are consuming a massive 55 GB on my Windows 7 drive. God help me, what a mess!