[tmb867]

I have just installed windows xp pro on 6.05 hard drive on a pentium II. It
is taking up 3.77. Is that correct? I did a full install and not an upgrade.
Tmb867

[Will Denny]

Hi

A full install of XP Pro could take up that amount of disk space. How RAM
have you on board?

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"tmb867" <tmb867@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3860883B-2E3F-4FAE-8019-F87CA3D936B7@microsoft.com...
>I have just installed windows xp pro on 6.05 hard drive on a pentium II. It
> is taking up 3.77. Is that correct? I did a full install and not an
> upgrade.
> Tmb867

[tmb867]

256. Do you think I need more?

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> A full install of XP Pro could take up that amount of disk space. How RAM
> have you on board?
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "tmb867" <tmb867@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3860883B-2E3F-4FAE-8019-F87CA3D936B7@microsoft.com...
> >I have just installed windows xp pro on 6.05 hard drive on a pentium II. It
> > is taking up 3.77. Is that correct? I did a full install and not an
> > upgrade.
> > Tmb867
>
>
>

[Eric Dropps]

That's rhetorical -- Never had anyone complain about having "Too Much RAM"

Seriously though, put as much ram as you can into any computer. RAM is
relatively cheap [ www.crucial.com ] and it boosts performance like you
wouldn't believe.

When you don't have enough RAM, windows uses a Paging file (AKA Virtual
Memory), which consumes HDD space (System
Properties->Advanced->Performance->Advanced->Virtual Memory will show the
current Pagefile settings and Status)


"tmb867" <tmb867@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 256. Do you think I need more?
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> A full install of XP Pro could take up that amount of disk space. How
>> RAM
>> have you on board?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>> "tmb867" <tmb867@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3860883B-2E3F-4FAE-8019-F87CA3D936B7@microsoft.com...
>> >I have just installed windows xp pro on 6.05 hard drive on a pentium II.
>> >It
>> > is taking up 3.77. Is that correct? I did a full install and not an
>> > upgrade.
>> > Tmb867
>>
>>
>>