Re: Partitioned HD

Valerie wrote:
I recently had to reinstall windows (XP Home SP2). I partitioned my
HD to allow for Windows to be installed on a small portion of the
parition. I would like to know if there is a way to select the
location in which I want Windows Updates to be installed. If I keep
installing them on the same partition that Windows is now on I will
run out of space, as some of these updates are very large.

You should have made your small partition 20+GB in my opinion. Windows
updates are not just new files the OS accesses - more often than not - they
replace system files as well as do other things to the system partition.
Never think that the 300MB download you are getting will necessarily add
300MB to your installation - as it will more likely replace files that
already exist.

However - my advice remains the same - your Windows XP partition should be
20+GB - if you don't plan on installing other applications on there, etc.
Otherwise larger.

Is there some reason you made a small partition for just the Windows OS?

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