mjp

I think you will find this is not what you really want, as its meant to be a simplified and XP verion of Dos, but there is info on it on the ms site

you need to 1. Create a unattend install file make sure you list the components you want removed. This should remove the majority of crap. If you are not sure how to do this extract the deploy cab and use the setupmgr. Once you have created the file rename to winnt.sif and boot from cd. 2. Once install is finshed you can remove the driver.cab that will give another 70 mg of space. 3. If you have suffieicent ram kill the paging file. 4. If its not small enough start removing items by hand, usually netowork gear like nslookup is still there as well as things like nt backup. Once finished if you are lucky you should be around the 300mb mark, I have a win2k box like this atm I am devolping a new product on and its sitting at 315 and I have not yet started to remove files by hand. Seriously though and ppl dont flame me please for a tiny install think linux or some type of embedded system. if you need any more help i will be around or msg me

Hi I am not sure if this is the right forum for this post but here goes I am currently trying to do a tiny windows 2000 install and since I did not want to go embedded need some pointers. Smallest I can get so far is 330mb for winnt system folder but i need to get it smaller for example if i want to put it on a 512 cf card i need space for paging file and programs so with 256 of mem this raises the insatll size to around 600mg plus space for programs which means it will not fit. I would like to get the install footprint down to 200mb if possible so with paging at 256 it leaves about 50 mg for apps Has anyone done this before and if so how small did you get it and what did you do to get it that small. I have already seen the tech article on MS on reducing foortprint size but its still not small enough. All help is appreciated