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| 267274 | 2004-08-31 03:06:00 | I have a C: D: & G: drives. G is a drive I installed since buying the computer (NTFS). C (NTFS) & D (FAT 32), came with the computer. D is a data drive & is only 2.5 gbs with 990 mbs free. I am starting to install XP SP2, & I get an error message, that states that the drive is not big enough & I should free up some space; which leads me to the conclusion that it wants to install on the D: drive (the other 2 drives have tons of space). Do I need this D drive? & does it have to be FAT 32? (personally I don't think so as my laptop came with only a C drive and identical OS - XP Professional). My feeling is, that if I get rid of the D drive, but not the data of course, and just run everything off the C drive, then I'll have a lot more flexibility with space. The 30 gb G drive is used for saving files onto. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 267275 | 2004-08-31 03:15:00 | The D: might be a recovery partition for your PC so I wouldn't touch it unless you have got a recovery CD set as well with Windows XP and drivers and software that came with the PC. Where are you trying to install SP2 from? A CD or from one of the HDD's? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 267276 | 2004-08-31 03:17:00 | Good day, I believe SP2 requires 2GB free hard drive space to do it's install, since it keeps copies of many of your old files. If you don't have this - it is going to sulk. Blowed if I know what drives it will allocate this among, though I suspect it will be C:. *Bump* R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 267277 | 2004-08-31 04:02:00 | SP2 did the same thing here. Even tho I installed it off C, which has 13gb spare it decided to dump whatever onto G, which is 92gb (part of a partitioned 120gb hdd). Why, I wouldnt have a clue. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 267278 | 2004-08-31 04:11:00 | > The D: might be a recovery partition for your PC so I wouldn't touch it unless you have got a recovery CD set as well with Windows XP and drivers and software that came with the PC. Good point, probably should look at trying to get it to work off C: >Where are you trying to install SP2 from? A CD or from one of the HDD's? The PC World CD. |
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