Install Win 2000 on 841 MB

[Marvin]

Does anyone know how much space Win 2000 takes to load
I have an ancient 841 MB HDD and was thinking of loading WIn 2000 on it for a laugh willl it work?

 

[Tonec]

My winnt folder is now 937. Might have been smaller on install.

 

[juiio]

I'm not sure if there is a minimum that it takes for the installer to run, but you can definitely fit it all in under that much. After SP2, I'm still below 800, so if you remove parts that you don't need (make sysoc.inf visible, remove the word "HIDE", then uninstall some additional stuff), you can definitely get it to fit on that drive. However, the page file would put you over and since every users Documents and Settings folder is on that drive, you won't be able to do too much with it.

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

It will very hard to keep it under 900mb.
As was said, if you can find a way to seperate the page file, which will be 150mb+, that may give relief for a while.
My W2k partition has grown to 2.2G (3 users) and I try not to install anything to this partition.
some things slip thru though. All the programers assume that root (C is the only place that exist for programs to be installed to. Some don't even ask.

 

[Elledan]

It is possible, but it will give you a lot of headaches if you intend to use that installation reguarly. It simply gets full after a while. I used to put Win98 on a 1 GB partition, but when I did the same with Win2k, I soon noticed that it's just not enough. 2 GB should do the trick.

 

[weovpac]

It might, give it a try. Microsoft says you 2gigs and 650mb free space. Microsoft

 

[abracadabra1]

i'd advise against it.

my winnt dir is over 1gig.

 

[TungFree]

Not how I read it MS sais 2 gig minimum Hard drive for os and appz and for OS 2k minimum 650 portion of that 2 gig.

 

[Ender78]

Your other problem will be performance. That drive is likely to severely inhibit the performance of the system.