diminishing hard drive space

[David]

My C: drive is a 3.2 Gb drive. I have several other drive
in the box that are massive. There is nothing on C; but
XP, nothing. Any and all temp/internet files etc, are on
a different drive. All my applicationsand data are on
other drives. All my "MY <folder>"whatever's are
completly empty. Yet, as time goes by, XP takes more and
more space. What is the actual requirement for XP and is
theis problem solveable?

Please e-mail me direct. Thank you in advance.

[Nicholas]

David --

The minimum space used by Windows XP on a "clean install"
would be approximately 1.5GB. However, you must bear in=20
mind that the paging file, system restore, and updates from
the Windows Update web site require space. Personally,
I would not recommend installing Windows XP on anything
less than a 6GB partition.

Some interesting articles to read:

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp


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Nicholas

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"David" > wrote in message:
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| My C: drive is a 3.2 Gb drive. I have several other drive=20
| in the box that are massive. There is nothing on C; but=20
| XP, nothing. Any and all temp/internet files etc, are on=20
| a different drive. All my applicationsand data are on=20
| other drives. All my "MY <folder>"whatever's are=20
| completly empty. Yet, as time goes by, XP takes more and=20
| more space. What is the actual requirement for XP and is=20
| theis problem solveable?
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| Please e-mail me direct. Thank you in advance.