Upgrade to XP from Win2K---how much disk space?

[Ken K]

I will be upgrading to XP this weekend from Win2K. My active
partition(C: drive) is 20GB with 5GB free.

How much space does the upgrade require? Do I have enough or should I
"borrow" more space from my d: drive to enlarge my c: drive?

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Jerry]

Go buy a new, far larger hard drive. Drives of 120Gb are around $100. 20 or
25 Gb is not really enough space.

 

[Ken K]

Perhaps I was not clear. It is only the active partition that is 20GB.
The whole drive is 120 GB, divided into C: drive (20GB) (operating
system), D: drive (45 GB0 programs, and e: drive (44GB--,data). I can
use PartitionMagic to increase the size of the C: drive, if necessary.

Now, let me repeat:

How much space does the upgrade require? Do I have enough or should I

"borrow" more space from my d: drive to enlarge my c: drive?


Thakns
Ken K

 

[Glen]

Does he not say 20gb with 5 gb free but can borrow from d drive? 20 GB is
probably big enough depending on how you use the computer and the programs
you install. Do you install your programs to c dive?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space


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| I will be upgrading to XP this weekend from Win2K. My active
| partition(C: drive) is 20GB with 5GB free.
|
| How much space does the upgrade require? Do I have enough or should I
| "borrow" more space from my d: drive to enlarge my c: drive?
|
| Thanks
| Ken K

 

[Ken K]

Thanks. That is all I needed.

Ken K

 

[DL]

As a rough guide you need to end up with 15% free space as a min on C
And keep it at that, or more

 

[Ken K]

I only install those programs to C: drive that cannot be installed
elsewhere or that do not function well other than on c: drive.

 

[Ken K]

Yes, I know I am on the edge if I only have 10-15%. I t becomes hard to
defragment disks. I have accumulated 1T of disk space and will push my
d and e drives off of the 120GB hdd onto another drive. i am also
thinking about purchasing a 10K RPM drive for the boot drive and program
drive and move data. That would give me another 45 GB right off the bat.

KK

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I only install those programs to C: drive that cannot be installed
elsewhere or that do not function well other than on c: drive.

Why? What do you see as the advantage of separating programs from th
eoperating system? There generally is not a good reason to do this. Are you
aware that if you ever have to reinstall Windows, you will also have to
reinstall the programs?

 

[Ken K]

I suppose it is just habit. Being able to do rapid imaging of my hdd
for backup probably obviates any need to separate programs and OS.
Keeping data separate is still reasonable, as it allows for even
speedier backup.

Are you
aware that if you ever have to reinstall Windows, you will also have to
reinstall the programs?>>>>

Point well taken.

Ken K

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I suppose it is just habit. Being able to do rapid imaging of my hdd
for backup probably obviates any need to separate programs and OS.
Keeping data separate is still reasonable, as it allows for even
speedier backup.

Yes, my personal view is that you should choose a partitioning scheme that
fits your backup scheme. If you backup only data files, then it help to have
those data files in a partition separate from everything else. But if you
image or clone the entire disk (as many people do), much of the rationale
for separating the data in a separate partition disappears.

 

[Ken K]

Ken K wrote:





Yes, my personal view is that you should choose a partitioning scheme that
fits your backup scheme. If you backup only data files, then it help to have
those data files in a partition separate from everything else. But if you
image or clone the entire disk (as many people do), much of the rationale
for separating the data in a separate partition disappears.

Hmmmm..... That now presents a bit of a problem. If I choose to
combine my C: drive (OS) with my D:drive (programs) are there any
programs that can reliably migrate my programs and change the registry
entries or am I just condemned to uninstall and reinstall????

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hmmmm..... That now presents a bit of a problem. If I choose to
combine my C: drive (OS) with my D:drive (programs) are there any
programs that can reliably migrate my programs and change the registry
entries or am I just condemned to uninstall and reinstall????

There are programs that purport to do this. One such program is COA2.exe
I've used it and had less than 100% success with it. It got most of the
entries, but for a couple of programsit missed a few.

Although I normally don't recommend separating Windows and programs in
different partitions, I think that if you've already done it, it might be
best to stick with it unless there are few enough that you wouldn't mind
uninstalling and reinstallling.