Nlite'd XP Install is still taking up 14Gbs - what went wrong?

[Liberator21]

I'm on an HP Mini with XP SP3. I've used Nlite to remove almost everything I can think of, but of my 16Gb available, 14Gb is already taken up.

I've only installed:

XP SP3 with embedded HP drivers
Office 2007 Ultimate
Eset NOD32
Required updates, flash player, etc...


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Anyone with good nlite skills can you offer some assistance?

Ideally I would like the most EXTREMELY simplified and light install possible.

I only need basic support for USB, printers, and don't even care for the XP theme (I'll use classic windows).

Thanks~

 

[Chapbass]

huh...14gb seems absolutely huge to me for XP. I seem to remember non nlite'd copies of XP being like 4gb....granted that was presp3, but...


who knows, maybe I'm wrong. havent used xp in years now.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Liberator21

I'm on an HP Mini with XP SP3. I've used Nlite to remove almost everything I can think of, but of my 16Gb available, 14Gb is already taken up.

I've only installed:

XP SP3 with embedded HP drivers
Office 2007 Ultimate
Eset NOD32
Required updates, flash player, etc...


----

Anyone with good nlite skills can you offer some assistance?

Ideally I would like the most EXTREMELY simplified and light install possible.

I only need basic support for USB, printers, and don't even care for the XP theme (I'll use classic windows).

Thanks~

Hibernation file?
Paging file?
Deleted uninstall files for all those updates (from c:\windows) ?
Turned on NTFS Compression for all non-essential files?

Generally speaking I'm not in favor of using nLite to rip out updates, as I feel that can cause problems down the road when SPs or other updates can't find critical files so thus don't update....be careful.

 

[sonoma1993]

disable system restore?

 

[DrGreen2007]

Dont forget to delete all the "$NtUninstallKB...$" from C:\Windows
Delete all the "KBxxxxxx.log" from C:\Windows
Turn off or set to minimum the System Restore
Clean out C:\Windows\Prefetch
Clean out C:\WIndows\Temp
Clean out C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Temp

You can use Add\Remove to uninstall MSN Messenger, Outlook Express, wallpapers and some other stuff

 

[QueBert]

lower the size of the recycle bin, it defaults to 10% of your HD space, make it 1% or turn it off if you don't need it.