minimum disk space required

[Richard]

what is the minimum disk space required for windows xp prof to run in good
conditions? some says that it is minimum 100 mb??

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Minimum is 1.5GB for a normal installation. I would not suggest installing
it on less than 3GB to allow for pagefile expansion and normal operation of
System Restore. Personally, I don't install it on less than 5GB.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Richard]

what about after installation and disabling the system restore? afaik
windows xp have some features like prefetching, dll cache etc. that needs
extra space, i assume pagefile is static.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Pagefile.sys is by definition dynamic. You can set max and min's, but it
will still resize as needed. I would not suggest limiting the max, as doing
so can cause low vm errors.

As to system restore - why disable it? This is a handy little program that
can save your butt if something goes wrong. I've used it myself a number of
times.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Alex Nichol]

what about after installation and disabling the system restore? afaik
windows xp have some features like prefetching, dll cache etc. that needs
extra space, i assume pagefile is static.

Prefetch is only records of the pattern of load for files, and does not
use much space. System Restore is valuable, and I would not disable
it, (set it maybe at the minimum 200MB) but the page file needs at
least plenty of *potential* space for pages that have been allocated to
programs but never used. But turn off hibernation if you do not use
it, saving a file the size of RAM

You would need work space to be used for temporary files during things
like software installs - and bear in mind that much third party software
puts things in Windows and in Program Files, even if you tell it to use
another partition for its main storage. Also Windows update stores
folders of Windows\$NTUninstall. . . against possible removal. These
add up, though you can delete them

I'd agree with Rick's assessment of 5GB for a practical basic size