Minimum HD space for Windows 2000?

[Muse]

I'm going to get a new HD, but for the time being I've got an 8.4 GB and a 2.7 GB drive in my new system. I had Windows 98SE installing in the C: partition of the 8.4 GB drive and I wonder if I can go ahead and install Windows 2000 on that 1 GB partition. Once installed I figure I can install Partition Magic and expand the C: partition to maybe 2 GB for better performance and some breathing space. Can I do this or do I need to give Win2k some more room initially?

 

[LiLithTecH]

Microsoft claims only 650 meg for install (300 megs more for temp files for Network install)

Typically in the real world it is around 800-850 meg. To close a call for a 1GB partition.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
Microsoft claims only 650 meg for install (300 megs more for temp files for Network install)

Typically in the real world it is around 800-850 meg. To close a call for a 1GB partition.

However, if the install will go OK then I figure I can then install Partition Magic and increase the boot partition's size to 2 GB. What's wrong with that?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I ran 2k on a 1.3GB drive before .... It worked ... you should be fine with a 1gb partition

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I ran 2k on a 1.3GB drive before .... It worked ... you should be fine with a 1gb partition

I ran Partition Magic before doing the install expanding the 1 GB partition to 2 GB. After installing there was almost exactly 1 GB left. I suppose some of the used space is for the swap file. The reason I didn't want to run PM before the install is that Win98SE was on the C: partition and it would hang every time I tried to run it when the drive was in my former machine. In my new system it didn't hang. It actually opened. However, after sitting in PM for a couple of minutes the machine spontaneously rebooted! Don't know what's up with that. Of course, Win98SE was suspect being moved to a new MB and I didn't expect stability. Even so, the reboot alarmed me. Hopefully, after installing Win2k it will be stable.