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How much space does a Windows XP installation roughly takes up?

April 26, 2017installation roughly takes Windows XP

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How much space does a Windows XP installation roughly takes up?

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Taken from usenet by Kent W. England [MVP] : 1.0 GB for Windows folder 0.5 GB for Program Files 50 MB for Documents and Settings (w/o user shell folders) 200 MB for pagefile.sys (varies depending on RAM size) 130 MB for hiberfil.sys (same size as RAM) 2.0 GB (10%) for System Restore (default) in System Volume Info folder 2.0 GB (10%) for Recycle Bin (default) 2.

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Taken from usenet by Kent W. England [MVP] : 1.0 GB for Windows folder 0.5 GB for Program Files 50 MB for Documents and Settings 768 MB for pagefile.sys (varies on RAM size, assuming 512MB) 512 MB for hiberfil.sys (same size as RAM, assuming 512MB) **Extras that start from zero and grow slowly (assuming 10GB hdd)** 2.0 GB (10%) for System Restore (default) in System Volume Info folder 2.0 GB (10%) for Recycle Bin (default) 1.0 GB (10%) for Temporary Files Pure installation is around 2GB. The cycle of usage will need 8 GB in total, but in my personal knowledge, 3GB would be sufficient.