How big of a partition for windows xp pro?

[RockGuitarDude]

I want this partition to be only for windows xp files. With this being the case, whats a good size? Is 10GB about right? or is that excess? Like I said above though, I won't put anything on this except for windows.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

I have mine at 5GB. MS recommends 2GB needed for winXP.

 

[John]

I use a 10GB partition.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

5 GB works fine?

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: RockGuitarDude
5 GB works fine?

Yes it will,unless you install all your programs on C: .

just for the OS 5 gigs is plenty.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: RockGuitarDude
5 GB works fine?

Could be a space problem if you're authoring or burning DVDs with an app that insists on using temp folders on C: -- then you could potentailly need another 5 - 9 GB (dual layer).

 

[daveshel]

I like 8 so as to leave room for apps.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

I'm going to make another drive for apps... i dont have a dvd burned so thats not an issue for me... i could always change it with partition magic later on...

 

[Mareg]

Then 5 is quite enough. If you have any space problem with 5 (wich I highly doubt), you can always move windows swap file to an other directory.

 

[Mareg]

Just to clarify my other post, the swap file can become amazingly big if you play memory hug games. In that case, if you don't have much memory <500 the system will up the swap file to the level requiered by the game. Sometimes, swap file can go beyond 1 gig depending on what program are running on the comp.

This swapping can be configured to reside on any drive and to use a min max amount of memory.