Small installation windows 7

After running BuClean Suite, select the first option, 7Customizer , to begin configuring the installation. You will need your Windows 7 disc inserted in your DVD drive and an output source configured disc or hard disk ; BuClean Suite will ask for these locations. In order to analyse and remove the unneeded items from the Windows 7 installation and make the operation suitable for installation on a smaller SSD, BuClean Suite will analyse the contents of your Windows 7 installation disc to your hard disk drive.

After this has been done, check the Components and Customizations boxes to activate the menus on the left.

On the Remove Components tab you want to use work through the process as instructed by the wizard, adding and removing elements of Windows 7 as suitable until you get a slimmed-down version ready to be installed on your SSD. A slimmed-down Windows 7 is then ready for installation! Whether you have used the steps above for a new installation or your copy of Windows 7 is vying for space on your SSD with other files and folders, there are additional steps that can be taken post-installation.

If you have used the steps above, for instance, regular use of the CCleaner utility will keep Windows 7 compact and remove any unnecessary files that you have collected. Meanwhile a directory tool such as WinDirStat can provide a graphical representation of what data is where on your SSD, enabling you to track down and remove unwanted information.

This is not a general guide, but just the steps I documented for my own needs, which may prove helpful to others who want to accomplish something similar. Its mostly for Windows 8, but also applies to Windows 7.

Where there are differences, this is noted. March edited March NTlite Settings. Installation in Parallels VM:. March Process Explorer. Ho-ly monkey, it's like reading a letter from a long lost twin! Excellent guide, covers a lot more than I expected from the title. You might think about changing it to something more generic, and it applies to Win7 as well as you said. I'll for sure be getting back to you for input on the online documentation in the future, and reference this in the next blog post.

Also pinned it on the forum to be more visible in the future. Attached xml settings file for Windows Attached is the code of the list, which can be added to the. July For the benefit of people who may need to organise their Windows 8. Here's a spread sheet which I used as of today Was a worthy exercise, after doing it once, just keep adding to it. August edited August It's super fast and take less then MB of ram!!!

Super Great! Reviewer: zach - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 18, Subject: Tysm! I was looking for a Windows 7 Disk image that was 4 GBs or more because I don't have much disk space on my hard drive and it would take a while to download. Reviewer: Huxlee - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 2, Subject: Almost perfect Activated, 32bit, Windows 7 Ultimate. Works perfectly in VMWare Workstation.

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