WINDOWS XP INSTALL

[mikekaks 0]

Hello Everyone,

My question is ,when you do a clean install of windows xp pro how much gigs is it supposed to be when you click on your c: drive properties ?

Thank you

[adamvjackson 0]

Last time I looked (it's been a while) it was about 1.5GB from a fresh install.

[mikekaks 0]

Why does mine say 3.29 gigs used thats fresh with out installing anything else .

I check my disk for errors but everything seems to be ok .

[adamvjackson 0]

How large is your swap file?

[MainframeGuy 0]

Originally posted by mikekaks:

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Why does mine say 3.29 gigs used thats fresh with out installing anything else .

I check my disk for errors but everything seems to be ok .

 

That sounds fine to me Mike. I am guessing you are tight on space or something? Anyway I noticed when I did a couple of XP Pro reformats recently I think it started out around 2.6 GB utilisation for the SP1a level and with AV and SP2 and a few other things like Office climbed to around 5.2 GB for me.

 

I am assuming you do not have SP2 on there yet - you'll want to slipstream that if you're aiming to save space, or maybe look into the nu-lite thing that really tightens up on space (should be able to google it up)

[Malaris 0]

Oh dear.... Unless I'm mistaken (and knowing me that could well be the case )my windows xp home uses 5.5Gb from fresh when my PC has been reformatted.

 

1.Is this because I have home not pro?

2.Is this a bad thing?

3.Should I do something about this?

[mikekaks 0]

Hi Guys,Gals

As it turns out its the swap file thats eating all those gigs .So i simply made more space for it .

Thanks