Partition for XP Pro

My windows partition is 3Gb and I usually have 200-800Mb free.

Although my XP is totally stripped down . Depending on whether you are putting your page file on the same partiton I'd say 3Gb - 10Gb (But most people will say this is a bit on the small side)

EDIT: This 3Gb partition has all my apps on it too, but not games.
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<A HREF="http://snipurl.com/fxwr" target="_new">Welcome to the House of Horrors, welcome to the House of a 1000 Corpses</A><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Ned_Flanders on 07/25/05 02:54 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

How big is your hard drive? I'd say no less than 10GB to be safe for a long time.

I know that a friend of mine has Win2k using up less than 300MB for his whole install after ripping it apart on his own. Damn nerdy computer programmers.. oh and his dad works for the CIA and helped him out.

Anyhow.. with all your patches going in and stuff.. 10GB should be fine.. you could do less if you switched your Page file from the C: drive to another drive (D. You can do that under System Properties - Advanced - Performance Settings - Advanced.

That'll first your current problem.. but once you switch, restart, defragment, then you should have some life left with your current install.

If you have a second HD in your computer, you should be able to switch it. I did it on my home computer.. the pagefile will still show it exists on your C: drive too though.