how much space does a WinXP install take up?

giantbucket · Oct 30, 2015

after i finish a Win98SE install onto a small hard drive (pre-partitioned), i want to add WinXP onto it for dual-booting. but i want to partition my small hard drive ahead of time so that it's "right" from the beginning. assuming an average "office style" set of apps being installed later on, how much space would the WinXP files take up?

please tell me just how much space the FILES take up, not how big i should make the partition. if you're running XP, can you just check the C:\ drive properties for how much space is being used?

thanks!!!

JQB45 · Oct 30, 2015

https://support.microsoft.com/%5BLN%5D/kb/314865

Keep in mind you will need more space to install Service Pack 1, 2, and 3. The smallest Partition I would recommend is 20GB which gives you room for some applications as well as all the support files.

eatmypie · Oct 31, 2015

It only takes up about 2 gigs with SP3 installed, I have about 10 different windows XP VM's on my computer currently. I like to give them 10 each but they can go as low as 5 gigs

Not letting me post the image but here is the imgur link http://imgur.com/ft7nuMw

giantbucket · Oct 31, 2015

ah, that's perfect! so i could really be just fine with a small (40G) hard drive partitioned like:

8G for Win98SE
2G for shared files between Win98SE and WinXP
30G for WinXP

or something along those lines. or similar ratios if i snag an 80G or 120G

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