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Pegasus \(MVP\)
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:22:44 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
> <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote:
>
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>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:gl8gn35ob0r0ma038f923rh1fdu6ipl8eu@4ax.com...
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>> >> In my experience 20 GBytes is generous for a system partition,
>> >> even for a server, as long all user data is kept on a separate
>> >> partition. My current system partition for WinXP Professional
>> >> requires just 8 GBytes. It is fully loaded with the usual apps
>> >> including various sound and picture processing programs and
>> >> lots of diagnostic stuff (e.g. the TRK), plus the paging file.
>> >
>> >
>> > Each to his own. My system partition is 100GB, and 56GB of it is used
>> > (no user data there). That's running Windows Vista Ultimate, but even
>> > for those running XP, one never knows what operating system one may
>> > upgrade to in the future.
>> >
>> > In my view, it makes no sense to restrict oneself to a small system
>> > partition when you have a drive anywhere near as big as 1TB.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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>> 56 GBytes is huge. It would be interesting to see the space
>> profile on your system partition. Here is mine. The first number
>> represents "bytes", the second "files".
>> 0 0 C:\My Download Files
>> 85 2 C:\Recycled
>> 69,362 48 C:\RECYCLER
>> 377,040 1 C:\Config.Msi
>> 38,482,686 329 C:\MYOB105
>> 175,243,430 1,822 C:\Documents and Settings
>> 232,892,982 98 C:\MSOCache
>> 778,841,422 10 C:\
>> 1,538,539,221 13,564 C:\Program Files
>> 1,663,555,395 2,991 C:\System Volume Information
>> 3,553,344,512 18,644 C:\WINDOWS
>> 7,981,346,135 37,509 (Total)
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>
> Without going into great detail, the great majority of it is in two
> folders: \Windows and \Users
>
> Ken
>>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
news:ehbgn3557lajevk7cavdvh1osudppbpmi7@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:22:44 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
> <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:gl8gn35ob0r0ma038f923rh1fdu6ipl8eu@4ax.com...
>
>> >> In my experience 20 GBytes is generous for a system partition,
>> >> even for a server, as long all user data is kept on a separate
>> >> partition. My current system partition for WinXP Professional
>> >> requires just 8 GBytes. It is fully loaded with the usual apps
>> >> including various sound and picture processing programs and
>> >> lots of diagnostic stuff (e.g. the TRK), plus the paging file.
>> >
>> >
>> > Each to his own. My system partition is 100GB, and 56GB of it is used
>> > (no user data there). That's running Windows Vista Ultimate, but even
>> > for those running XP, one never knows what operating system one may
>> > upgrade to in the future.
>> >
>> > In my view, it makes no sense to restrict oneself to a small system
>> > partition when you have a drive anywhere near as big as 1TB.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
>> 56 GBytes is huge. It would be interesting to see the space
>> profile on your system partition. Here is mine. The first number
>> represents "bytes", the second "files".
>> 0 0 C:\My Download Files
>> 85 2 C:\Recycled
>> 69,362 48 C:\RECYCLER
>> 377,040 1 C:\Config.Msi
>> 38,482,686 329 C:\MYOB105
>> 175,243,430 1,822 C:\Documents and Settings
>> 232,892,982 98 C:\MSOCache
>> 778,841,422 10 C:\
>> 1,538,539,221 13,564 C:\Program Files
>> 1,663,555,395 2,991 C:\System Volume Information
>> 3,553,344,512 18,644 C:\WINDOWS
>> 7,981,346,135 37,509 (Total)
>
>
> Without going into great detail, the great majority of it is in two
> folders: \Windows and \Users
>
> Ken
>>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup