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make xp a smaller HD use
Posted by Rolf Wolf on November 6th, 2005


Hello,
Winxp needs 2,8 Gig in itīs standard setup. Can somebody give me a hint how
to make it a bit smaller by trashing programms like games, videos and so on.
thanks
Rolf


Posted by Malke on November 6th, 2005


Rolf Wolf wrote:

> Hello,
> Winxp needs 2,8 Gig in itīs standard setup. Can somebody give me a
> hint how to make it a bit smaller by trashing programms like games,
> videos and so on. thanks
> Rolf


You could look at something like nLite:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

However, if you don't have enough room for the pagefile, temp files,
etc. you are going to have problems. You didn't say how big your system
hard drive is, but I wouldn't want a drive smaller than 10GB for the
system with a second larger drive for data and programs. If your hard
drive is smaller and you don't have a second drive, just buy a big one
instead of struggling to install on the tiny drive.

If you want more help, post back with details of your system and what
you are trying to do (i.e., upgrade old computer, etc.).

Malke
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