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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
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
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Last time I looked (it's been a while) it was about 1.5GB from a fresh install.
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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 .
I check my disk for errors but everything seems to be ok .
How large is your swap file?
Originally posted by mikekaks:
Quote: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)
Quote: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)
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?
1.Is this because I have home not pro?
2.Is this a bad thing?
3.Should I do something about this?
OP
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
As it turns out its the swap file thats eating all those gigs .So i simply made more space for it .
Thanks
