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re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Monday, February 2, 2004 at 6:54 pm Posted by richard (247 messages posted) winnt is almost always windows 2000,although some oems have been known to use it instead of windows. so you have two os on and not one.why dont you actually repartition and only install xp. On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 6:43 pm, ford fairlane wrote: >after doing a clean install of windows xp pro i noticed how much it took up in space >on my hard drive just about 3 gig over 2 folders > >my main query is i have a windows folder at just over a gig and a winnt folder at >1.8 gig is this right as it seems a bit to large [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Monday, February 2, 2004 at 7:16 pm Posted by ford fairlane (3 messages posted) i havent installed win 2000 on the machine only winxp pro and after first use the actual size started of at just about 2 gig which i think is strange On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 6:54 pm, richard wrote: >winnt is almost always windows 2000,although some oems have been known to use it >instead of windows. so you have two os on and not one.why dont you actually repartition >and only install xp. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Monday, February 2, 2004 at 8:29 pm Posted by Steve (23799 messages posted) After installing, then rebooting my installs have all been around 1.6 gigs. On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 6:43 pm, ford fairlane wrote: >after doing a clean install of windows xp pro i noticed how much it took up in space >on my hard drive just about 3 gig over 2 folders > >my main query is i have a windows folder at just over a gig and a winnt folder at >1.8 gig is this right as it seems a bit to large [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Monday, February 2, 2004 at 10:27 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23818 messages posted) You should not have a WinNT folder and a Windows folder, that strongly implies that you did not do a clean install. On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 7:16 pm, ford fairlane wrote: >i havent installed win 2000 on the machine only winxp pro > >and after first use the actual size started of at just about 2 gig which i think >is strange > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 6:00 am Posted by ford fairlane (3 messages posted) yes 1.6 is about the same as me is that the normal size for xp but it is the winnt folder that is a concern at 1.8 gig and growing should i just format and redo the h/d and do a clean install On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 8:29 pm, sTeve wrote: >After installing, then rebooting my installs have all been >around 1.6 gigs. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: windowsxp almost 3 gig in size Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 7:58 am Posted by sTeve (250 messages posted) If I reinstall, I first Delete the partition, create a new partition, then format, and install. That way I know the old Data on the Partition is gone. On Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 6:00 am, ford fairlane wrote: >yes 1.6 is about the same as me is that the normal size for xp > but it is the winnt folder that is a concern at 1.8 gig and growing >should i just format and redo the h/d and do a clean install > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum