Mine is 8+ Gigs?! Is this normal?

7.18GB here. Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit though?

7.20 GB (7,731,460,094 bytes) here, im using 32 bit, for me its sucks for an OS to have this size.

Wow, mine is 11,4 GIG (64-bit)

7.14 GB (7,675,967,488 bytes)
37,135 Files, 6397 Folders

64-Bit 11.4GB

52,471 files 9,747 folders....

This is not after a clean install, but I haven't installed much, Creative drivers, Steam... It's just about a clean install...


All said and done installing Windows took up 20GB of my drive...

32 bit install here, with a Windows folder weighing in at 6.78 GB. This is running in a VMware virtual machine, though, not on real hardware (I don't have an extra HDD handy to install to). A good chunk of that (3.26 GB) is in the WinSxS directory. Another chunk (2.17 GB) is, as expected, in the System32 directory. The rest is scattered around in the other directories. Notepad is still redundantly in both the Windows directory and the System32 directory; you'd think they'd have fixed that by now. At least all the 16-bit legacy stuff is gone.

3,306.6 MB in size, and the Sytem32 Folder is 1,116.1 of that. This is a month old installation from an XP2 slipstreamed CD, with all the Windows Updates applyed using Autopatcher. If you use offline files, those are stored in a folder under the WINDOWS folder, and can contribute to the total size. Contrary to your findings, I have a winSXS of 24.1MB, so don't know why it's so much smaller by comparison.

This is my hole hdd 2g used(1000rpm lub it )

mine is a 32 bit install with only forceware drivers everything else worked stright from install

7,033,995,264 bytes

which is massive... my xp installation is only 400mb!!!!

How did you get your install so small. I'm using a 74GB Raptor for my install partition, so i'm trying to be as tight with the space as possible. Gonna set up a dual boot with XP pro.

Thanks

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wow, that is just crazy. Nuhi, you better come out with an nlite for vista or else! ....

xp is under a gig for me, i just dont get it. so much crap added in.

wrong post... sorry.

I think this is needed for compatibility.


And I will report the size, once I have a new HD (running 64-bit).



But it's really annoying the WinS&S folder is so big. Doesn't it have something to do with .Net ?

mine is taking up 1.51 GB (1,622,170,441 bytes) and i thought that was big :/ it not like its even a new install as i dit this 15/02/2006
xp tablet edition

This is the Vista thread - not the XP Thread!

32-bit - 5456 Build
7.17Gb, 35,880 files, 6326 folders.

ho, my... and me who thought that XP was bloated...

No wonder that Bill Gate and other top M$ execs are leaving the company...
Enough is enough.