Windows (NT kernels 7, 8 or 10) installation on a i7-870

[paper tartan]

Hey there.
First of all, I'm more of a Linux guy so I don't know that much about Windows in general.
I'm doing servicing on a relative of mine computer And I'm trying to upgrade them from an IDE hard drive to SSDs. However, being a 870 it can't really boot from NVMe so I'm getting a compact flash interface card for IDE for the device to be able to boot from. My question now is how many gigabytes would you recommend me to get for a Windows boot device? ( Not the C: but the X:) I am currently thinking about getting a 4 GB CF card. However if it's better for me to get an 8 GB I'll get a 8 GB instead.
(I included a photo of what i mean about compact flash interface card.)

[indigo copper]

I would go as high as needed

16gb and 32 and 64gb shouldn't be overly expensive

[paper tartan]

It's only a boot device tho, i am getting a 256gb c drive for them

[indigo copper]

Oh does the system support usb?

[paper tartan]

Yea but as far as i an aware Windows don't allow installation on USB

[indigo copper]

Sure it does

[paper tartan]

Also compact flash prices are

[indigo copper]

Why

Wtf

Are you in the U.S.

[paper tartan]

Canada

[halcyon badge]

16gb is barely enough to run windows 10

[paper tartan]

Again

Nvme c drive

Compact flash x drive

[halcyon badge]

so you are using it as a flash drive for installation?

ah ok i see

i suppose it could work

[paper tartan]

Windows is installed onto a x drive for boot and a c drive for Windows

My c drive will be installed onto this

But i7-870 don't know what nvme is for boot

[indigo copper]

That makes no sense

I870 doesn't know what an nvme drive is then how are you going to boot from the nvme once it's installed?

[paper tartan]

Let me give you a Linux explanation, /boot will be on compact flash, my / and /home will be on nvme

[indigo copper]

Thats not how it works

Boot partitions need to be together and not split because the minute that compact flash fails it will take windows with it.

[paper tartan]

So?

I'll just replace the compact flash

[indigo copper]

And remake the boot

[paper tartan]

Gparted is a thing

Or il just dd a backup onto it

[indigo copper]

Is the I 870 actually needed

[paper tartan]

It's the computer of my aunt

I'm just fixing it

The harddrive is my linux test drive

[indigo copper]

Please give it a cleaning when you fix it

[paper tartan]

Duh

I have a budget of 100$ cad

So i make do with what i have

[indigo copper]

I bet you could get an optiplex for around that

With more modern hardware 🙂

[paper tartan]

Yea but my aunt only want this computer

No replacing

[indigo copper]

Rip

[paper tartan]

Also optiplex are 175$ here

[indigo copper]

In the used market really?

[paper tartan]

Cad is not usd

[indigo copper]

I know

[paper tartan]

Yea used

Anyways

[indigo copper]

Yeah I'm not sure how that would work you will need to test it

[paper tartan]

I'm selling to my aunt a brand new nvme that i had spare, I'm buying a pci braket for it, I found locally a compact flash interface card and all i need is to find a proper compact flash