Whai is XP'2 Default size...

[Lolly]

... on the Hard Disc after defalut installation is done?

I got a friend who wants to know, he's short of Gigas I think.

He said it was over 2GB and say No Way.

Any one here knows?

[FAT64]

Well, I hate to tell you this, but my Windows folder is also over 2Gb!!

[Lolly]

Well, im not about to install and see.

I was thinking whats the size right after the install?

And I think I've forgotten the effect of the Pagefile.

That can easily add 1 or 2 GB might depend on the HD size and how

XP allocates the size, I think it was percentage...

But thanks for answer.

[prathapml]

By itself the *ENTIRE* Windows XPSP2 install (including program files folder) does not cross 1.2 GB.

But you should ensure that you have atleast 3 or 4 GB of free-space on the partition where you will install XP, to give breathing space for system restore, DLLcache, hibernate, swap-file. But you can delete these things after install is completed - to cut-down on disk-usage.

[Drewdatrip]

Yup its around 1.2-2gb!

If you or your friend are not happy with Win Xp's massive foot print on both the RAM and HDD

check out nlite

I have used it for some time now, and my average xpinstal is far under 1gb

|Drew|