How big of a partition to hold *just* Win2K?

[DeeK]

I'm going to install Win2K pretty soon, and this is how I'd like it: I'm going to split my 38GB drive into two parts: One big FAT32 partition to hold the apps and data (since Linux can't write NTFS reliably), and an NTFS partition to hold Win2K. How big should that NTFS partition be?

 

[HansXP]

At least 750 MB, although I would recommend making it 2 GB or more.

 

[aznmist]

2 Gig....

 

[afireinsideme]

no 750 wont' work........mine's at 2 gig........with crap on it.......but u need about 1.2 gig and you'll be good.

 

[konichiwa]

2gig. I just did a reformat/reinstall and Windows2000 with *nothing* on it is almost 1gig.

 

[Rick25]

I'm just over 2GB just for my Win2000 install files plus the actual install. Got the data files on a separate partition. I'd say 3-4GB is better and add more if you have more then one person logging onto the PC.

 

[ViralCryption]

I would say around 2.5 GB. Last install I did 2.0, but after some shared files and stuff got installed was pushing up against the 2 gig boundary. So this last install I did 2.5 and the extra .5 gig gives good comfort zone.

 

[robo555]

My Win2000 hovers at 2.5GB, and doesn't go much bigger than that no matter how many software I install. So make it 3GB minimum, 3.5-4GB would be ideal.

 

[Psychoholic]

The WinNT folder itself is around 700MB. Add to that the Documents and Settings where user information is stored, around 30MB for just the administrator account alone, more for addtional accounts. Then you have to decide where you are putting the page file, software, SP uninstall information, etc.

2 Gig would be a minimum in my opinion. It's nice to leave some headroom on the system partition.

 

[Remedy]

I have mine at 5gig and already 3gig is up, but funny how my game and mp3 partition isn't even quarter filled😕

 

[virtuamike]

The official Microsoft answer would be 1GB.

 

[RichieZ]

18GB for w2k, and 120GB of storage in raid 0. 😀

 

[PliotronX]

I don't know if it's drivers or what, but right after installing Win2k Pro, the disk usage is 1.4GB. Fortunately Ghost compresses it nicely into 356MB though.