reccomended minimum size of win2000pro partition

PC eye · 04-20-2007, 03:59 AM

It depends on just how many programs besides the OS are planned. The software installations themselves along with any files created by them will easily soak up drive space. The newer games and other softwares are another thing to look at since they are larger then the old Fat and 2000 items. Don't forget the need for virtual memory when running any larger programs that need memory.

zaroba · 04-20-2007, 01:03 PM

and don't forget that you don't actually NEED all that extra space. like i said, i ran both on a 7gb hard drive. i coulden't download anything, and most of the time the hard drive was almost full, so i always had to delete junk/old games that were on it if i ever wanted to install a new game. but, it ran fine.

also, theres no reason that games etc coulden't be installed on a partition/drive seperate from the os itself. leaving the os being the only thing on that 5 or 7gb hard drive. i know of quite a few people who put the OS on its own 5gb partition and use a seperate partition/drive for all there programs etc. if he's making a partition for the win2k os, then he obviously has other partitions he can use for the programs he wants for it.

microchipper · 04-20-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zaroba

and don't forget that you don't actually NEED all that extra space. like i said, i ran both on a 7gb hard drive. i coulden't download anything, and most of the time the hard drive was almost full, so i always had to delete junk/old games that were on it if i ever wanted to install a new game. but, it ran fine.

also, theres no reason that games etc coulden't be installed on a partition/drive seperate from the os itself. leaving the os being the only thing on that 5 or 7gb hard drive. i know of quite a few people who put the OS on its own 5gb partition and use a seperate partition/drive for all there programs etc. if he's making a partition for the win2k os, then he obviously has other partitions he can use for the programs he wants for it.

i was going to stick the two OS on an 80gb drive anyway so even split 50/50 i would have about 36gb free for stuff on each OS plus my other 80gb drive which i use to run all my files for XP anyway.

shawn_selig29 · 04-20-2007, 11:42 PM

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PC eye · 04-21-2007, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by shawn_selig29

yah... i was just googling for a new computer forum because the other forum people where mean..lol... anyhow..looks like a great community so far... i'm glad i joined..

After looking over a llllllongggg list of forums and seeing what topics were seen and the attitudes with admins and mods as well as regular members I came across a great forum here compared to the negative attitudes elsewhere. Generally if someone doesn't have an immediate answer someone else will jump in and offer their own help. That's when you know the forum is a good place to be!

Irishwhistle · 04-21-2007, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

After looking over a llllllongggg list of forums and seeing what topics were seen and the attitudes with admins and mods as well as regular members I came across a great forum here compared to the negative attitudes elsewhere. Generally if someone doesn't have an immediate answer someone else will jump in and offer their own help. That's when you know the forum is a good place to be!

CF is great. Everyone seems to be pretty helpful. I've seen plenty of forums that where not very good at all. This is the best I've run into.

PC eye · 04-21-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by microchipper

i was going to stick the two OS on an 80gb drive anyway so even split 50/50 i would have about 36gb free for stuff on each OS plus my other 80gb drive which i use to run all my files for XP anyway.

I was running XP on the first 250gb drive used here along with 98 and Linux on the last build. Even thougn 98 and Linus were the two main OSs seen there the front end of the drive had another small partition for MS Dos 6.22 installed from a floppy disk set and 3.1 to run old dos programs and try out a few tools like NT4Dos. While Linux worked as the second OS there the old Fat type OSs became obsolete with DOSBox used to create a virtual dos environement on XP the far newer version of Windows there.

It soon reached a point where 98 was replaced with other smaller distros. I could run the old stuff on XP. Unfortunately the old 120gb there was needed elsewhere at the same time the second 250gb was ordered. That became the XP backup drive and additional storage space. Now two larger sata drives will backup XP and Vista on one with Linux and Solaris sharing the other. 4 drives with 4OSs!

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Originally Posted by JordanII

CF is great. Everyone seems to be pretty helpful. I've seen plenty of forums that where not very good at all. This is the best I've run into.

I know that feeling! Stick around! You'll find some great people here!

microchipper · 04-21-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

I was running XP on the first 250gb drive used here along with 98 and Linux on the last build. Even thougn 98 and Linus were the two main OSs seen there the front end of the drive had another small partition for MS Dos 6.22 installed from a floppy disk set and 3.1 to run old dos programs and try out a few tools like NT4Dos. While Linux worked as the second OS there the old Fat type OSs became obsolete with DOSBox used to create a virtual dos environement on XP the far newer version of Windows there.

It soon reached a point where 98 was replaced with other smaller distros. I could run the old stuff on XP. Unfortunately the old 120gb there was needed elsewhere at the same time the second 250gb was ordered. That became the XP backup drive and additional storage space. Now two larger sata drives will backup XP and Vista on one with Linux and Solaris sharing the other. 4 drives with 4OSs!

I know that feeling! Stick around! You'll find some great people here!

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zaroba Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hereford PA Age: 27 Posts: 602	and don't forget that you don't actually NEED all that extra space. like i said, i ran both on a 7gb hard drive. i coulden't download anything, and most of the time the hard drive was almost full, so i always had to delete junk/old games that were on it if i ever wanted to install a new game. but, it ran fine. also, theres no reason that games etc coulden't be installed on a partition/drive seperate from the os itself. leaving the os being the only thing on that 5 or 7gb hard drive. i know of quite a few people who put the OS on its own 5gb partition and use a seperate partition/drive for all there programs etc. if he's making a partition for the win2k os, then he obviously has other partitions he can use for the programs he wants for it. __________________ The Universal - the internet's most unique and enjoyable game. Mobo: Asus P5N32-E \| CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz \| PSU: Coolmax 650watt Case: Lian-Li PC-V2100plusII \| OS: XP Professional - 64bit \| Monitors: Dual 19" Hanns-G 2ms LCDs HDs: 3x320gb, 3x500gb, 2x750GB \| Disc Drives: 16x DL dvd +/- rw Ram: 6 gb ddr2 \| GPU: 640MB GeForce 8800GTS Last edited by zaroba; 04-20-2007 at 01:23 PM.

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