Upgraded to XP / no more HD space

[Guest]

I just upgraded my laptop from ME to XP Pro. Before the upgrade I had around
4-5GB remaining on my 10GB drive. Now I have a measly 130MB remaining!
Is this right? Surely something is wrong. I know XP uses more HD space but
that much?
Please let me know what (if anything) I can do.
Thanks

 

[Jim Macklin]

Did you upgrade, or create a dual boot?


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|I just upgraded my laptop from ME to XP Pro. Before the
upgrade I had around
| 4-5GB remaining on my 10GB drive. Now I have a measly
130MB remaining!
| Is this right? Surely something is wrong. I know XP uses
more HD space but
| that much?
| Please let me know what (if anything) I can do.
| Thanks

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Yes, XP can take up to about 3 gig of space. If you upgraded, one of the options in Disk Cleanup is to remove the backup files for your ME installation. This backup is probably consuming quite a bit of space.

 

[Guest]

If you mean "Windows 98/ME installation files....they only account
for 4.4MB of space.

 

[Guest]

No clue Jim.
It was an "upgrade" disk that I used.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

I somewhat doubt that number is accurate.