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Only 1GB? In my experience I've needed about 4GB on a modest install.. but then again, that may be including updates and service packs.

• bm98 15y ago
  Actually I would say 5GB is a more reasonable minimum. I recently installed an old XP Home CD in a VM with a 4GB disk. The only way I could get enough space for SP3 + updates was to compress the disk. AFAIK, there is no easy way to resize the primary partition without reinstalling the OS or using third-party partitioning software, so I get by with my 4GB primary and a 2GB secondary for applications. And I thought my days of running "Disk Cleanup" and manually cleaning out "\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution/Download" were over...
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• ck2 15y ago
  Unlike Windows7, there are many places you can trim WindowsXP, for example you can remove all the backup copies of the service packs it keeps, you will never need to uninstall years-old service packs. Are you including the swap file in the 4GB, because I am not. I'm also referring to a clean new install for 1GB vs 10GB
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