Recommended Partition For OS

[OneBadLT1Z28]

Hi everybody, I just purchased a 120 gig hard drive. I am planning to install XP but I was wondering how big of a partition should I create for the OS? 20 gigs? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[khha4113]

20GB should be OK.

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[sturm]

If you move the 'my documents' and internet temp folder to another drive and install all software to another drive you can easily get away with only a 10 or even 8 gig drive possibly even smaller but wouldnt recommend it sice xp needs room for the updates and patches.

 

[Codesmith]

I use 20 GB and try to keep it at least 50% free. Your OS partion experiences a lot of file changes and you don't want it to become fragmented too quickly.

If you are a major gammer you might think about 30 GB as games like half life 2 are getting to be huge.

Definately keep your My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, Email Store foler to another drive. Move your pagefiles as well for smaller backups.

I like using Mozilla since I can store my entire profile on D: which means my email and web browser is always up to date even when I restore from a backup or install a new OS.