partition for win xp

[Guest]

Hi!
I would like to make a partition for win xp home edition and was told by a
few people to allow 1.5GB of partition space for this, however i have two
things i need to ask: Firstly should i not allow more than this due to
upgrade, security patches e.t.c if so how much room should i allow? Secondly
when i get to the partition creating page it wants to know what size to
create it in MB, so what should i type in as i can't put in 1.5 or whatever
GB amount you advice me to allow, so i need to know how the amount should be
typed in at the partition screen?
Thanks
LIZ

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1.5 GB of partition space for Windows XP is way to small.
You should allow at least 10 GB for Windows XP.
Use this formula: 10 x 1024 = 10240 MB (enter) to create
a 10GB partition.

Partitioning A Blank Hard Drive During XP Installation
http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_03.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Hi!
| I would like to make a partition for win xp home edition and was told by a
| few people to allow 1.5GB of partition space for this, however i have two
| things i need to ask: Firstly should i not allow more than this due to
| upgrade, security patches e.t.c if so how much room should i allow? Secondly
| when i get to the partition creating page it wants to know what size to
| create it in MB, so what should i type in as i can't put in 1.5 or whatever
| GB amount you advice me to allow, so i need to know how the amount should be
| typed in at the partition screen?
| Thanks
| LIZ
|

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

1.5GB is how much space the installation will use. That has nothing to do
with how big a space you should run XP in. As Carey says, 10GB is the
least. But without knowing how big the drive is, I can't say if it should
be more.

How big is the hard drive and why do feel the need to partition the drive at
all? In other words, how do you plan to use your system?

There is no advantage to partitioning the hard drive from the operating
system's point of view, so only do so if you know of a good reason for it.
Most of the old reasons for partitioning a drive are irrelevant with the
advances in hardware and operating systems we have today.

 

[Admiral Q]

My hyberfil.sys and pagefile.sys take twice that much - on this one, take
Carey's advice, I'd double it if it were me.