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The hard
disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 3 This Microsoft Knowledge Base article discusses the
hard disk space requirements for installing Windows XP Service Pack 3
(SP3) on a PC which Windows XP is already installed on, and compares the
differing requirements between installing over a network or installing
from the Windows XP SP3 CD. Quotes from the Microsoft page are in italics below -
"If you are installing Windows XP SP3 on one computer, you can select from several installation methods. Each method has different space requirements, depending on the location from which you want to install the service pack." "Hard disk space required if you install Windows XP SP3 from the Windows XP SP3 CD"
System Restore feature enabled
Working space 280 MB
Files that remove Windows XP SP3 256 MB
Total hard disk space that is required
1485 MB available after installation
1765 MB peak usage during installation
System Restore feature disabled
Working space 480 MB
Files that remove Windows XP SP3 256 MB
Total hard disk space that is required
750 MB available after installation
1230 MB peak usage during installation
"first primary system partition must also have 30 MB of free hard disk space" XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup This page on AumHa Forums tells you what files you can safely get rid of after the Service Pack 3 installation. Like this page? Link to it from your own website; just copy/paste this HTML: |
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