minimum install

XP Pro is takes up to much space. oik oik

I have 3 4g SCSI drives. XP pro takes up almost 3g of my
first 4g drive. Ya microsoft says 1.5g is minimum but...
it still takes up that much space.

Is there a way to keep the install small as possible? A
compact install? Whats the minimum that can be installed.
And, after that is there stuff I can throw out? How?
besides what can be done in add remove programs.

The only way to do that is to install, not install any components at
all.
Do not update or download anything.
1.5gb is the absolute minimum.
It will run, you just will not be able to do anything.
The more you want to do, the more space you need.
I suggest a minimum of 4 or 5 gb just for the OS, more for
applications etc.

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"surfeagle" <surfeagle@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
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> XP Pro is takes up to much space. oik oik
>
> I have 3 4g SCSI drives. XP pro takes up almost 3g of my
> first 4g drive. Ya microsoft says 1.5g is minimum but...
> it still takes up that much space.
>
> Is there a way to keep the install small as possible? A
> compact install? Whats the minimum that can be installed.
> And, after that is there stuff I can throw out? How?
> besides what can be done in add remove programs.

surfeagle wrote:

> XP Pro is takes up to much space. oik oik
>
> I have 3 4g SCSI drives. XP pro takes up almost 3g of my
> first 4g drive. Ya microsoft says 1.5g is minimum but...
> it still takes up that much space.
>
> Is there a way to keep the install small as possible? A
> compact install? Whats the minimum that can be installed.
> And, after that is there stuff I can throw out? How?
> besides what can be done in add remove programs.

Basically, if you want to take advantage of XP, you need more hard drive
space. To run XP with a smaller footprint, you would be better off running
2K with all the latest service packs and updates.
You can turn off hibernation, system restore, all the eye candy and create a
fixed page file on the hard drive with XP and let Windows manage a page file
on another hard drive. Basically configure XP to the same feature set as 2
K. If you upgraded, you can get rid of the uninstall files from Add/Remove.
Install your programs to another hard drive. But you really need to get a
larger hard drive.
Perhaps you should think about getting a large IDE hard drive as they are
dirt cheap and clone your XP hard drive to the new drive. SCSI drives are
not the superior product they once was.
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Trying to keep it as small as possible. There gotta be a
routine to install it minimualy. Or, strip things out
after. I do want the updates. I don't need all the frils.
IE is about the only thing I might want to keep. I'm prob
going to put the cache on one of the alt drives along
with the app on another.

>-----Original Message-----
>The only way to do that is to install, not install any

components at

>all.
>Do not update or download anything.
>1.5gb is the absolute minimum.
>It will run, you just will not be able to do anything.
>The more you want to do, the more space you need.
>I suggest a minimum of 4 or 5 gb just for the OS, more

for

>applications etc.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/newsgroups/s

etup.asp

>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
>"surfeagle" <surfeagle@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
>news:07ff01c357ed$dceb4e20$a301280a@phx.gbl...

my

but...

installed.

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>

Follow the install process.
Early on there is an option for "Custom" or another choice.
Choose Custom and when you get to the options page, uncheck
everything.

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"surfeagle" <surfeagle@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
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> Trying to keep it as small as possible. There gotta be a
> routine to install it minimualy. Or, strip things out
> after. I do want the updates. I don't need all the frils.
> IE is about the only thing I might want to keep. I'm prob
> going to put the cache on one of the alt drives along
> with the app on another.
>

> components at

> for

> etup.asp

> my

> but...

> installed.