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You might want to try with the 1GB NL VPS (largest that LHC currently offers) and Joodle's method. However, 1 GB is really not enough for any modern version of Windows.
1gb is well enough for a 2012 installation.
If I remember correct @AnthonySmith said no to Windows installs on LHC.
It's the disk space that's the issue you need 20gb
No, you don't, i have it on a 4 GB ssd.
You installed 2012 from ISO, have it up to date and it actually serves a function at under 4gb (which is smaller that the ISO itself btw)?
I know you could do this on Win2003 (even smaller with WinXP) but Win2012? Please show and tell how that was done.
I'll leave this link here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303418.aspx
Not specific to LHC but...
I've been trying to find a way to get Server 2008 R2 installed and patched on a 15GB drive for the past 2 days without any luck, had to upgrade to a VPS with a 20GB drive in order to get it fully patched.
Yep that was my experience too, hence the confusion, if Mao has somehow managed to get it below 4GB which is only 12.5% of the absolute minimum requirements then I need to know how.
Windows Server 2003/XP can be installed on a 4-5GB VPS. Windows Server 2008 R2 takes only ~7GB. So any VPS with HDD > 8GB should be fine (our KVM template is currently consuming ~7GB in space now).
OP, did not say Server, it came up later.
You can cook your own ISO of 7, I got the 32 bit in a CD. It must be patched manually, no swap file during patching and aggressive removal of drivers and other caches, it does most things it has to do, but I am not sure how safe it is to be put on the net, I do not trust even server versions with that.
In total it takes some 3.2 GB together with firefox, irfanview, VLC, revo uninstaller and ccleaner. I have it as a reserve on the 4 GB SSD of an Asus EEEPC with 2 GB RAM in case I really need it because the poor sucker can't seriously run a virtualbox from the main 20 GB one for even a starter version.
oh ok, well what you talking about then, I can install windows 3.1 on 50mb hdd (probably less I actually forgot haha)
well yes but if your running or encouraging customers to run the 7GB default image your asking for trouble, apart from the fact it is entirely useless apart from a remote desktop its a HUGE HUGE security concern.
Well it all depends on customer's needs. If they need the VPS just for testing/browsing then 10GB HDD should be fine if they need low cost.
you can get it running on just under 6GB with wimboot.
how do you get server 2008 R2 or 2012 running on 6gb with service packs and updates that = more than 6GB alone?
prepare it all externally. then image it. i actually came to learn of this method from windows tablets (with 16GB max storage), really is quite a clever method.