it creeps up though what with updates and the windows habbit of making messes and not cleaning them up.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: Re: Starting Bootcamp Actually, in my last install of XP home, I alloted 20 gb and the entire install plus all of the apps I needed only ended up using 3 gbs. -Take it for what it's worth. Smiles, Cara :) On Jul 20, 2008, at 10:26 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > 15 seems a bit small to me because there is an 8 gb threshhold for > safe > opperation. > > To start bootcamp, open the boot camp utility in apps/utilities. > You can > print out the uide while you are in the utility and then there is a > buttton > that begins the install process. from there, it's streightforward. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:23 PM > Subject: Starting Bootcamp > > > Well, I'm going to install Bootcamp today with sighted assistance. > The person helping me has never used a Mac. So can anyone please tell > me how to start Bootcamp? I'm assuming that the directions after that > will be pretty straight forward. She has installed Windows XP before, > though as a recovery disk for my HP laptop, not just the basic os. So > how long will this take and will she need to do alot of things this > time around? Also, is 15 gb enough space? I think it may be a little > too much, but I don't want my screenreader or web browser to run > slowly because I didn't give the thing enough space on the hd. > > Thanks, > Tiffanitsa > > > > --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
