Hi, In theory you can run XP Home with as little as 2GB. However, you won't have the benefit of a full sized page file in most cases, and you'll need to keep close tabs on the build up of temporary files. The rationale for allocating a small partition to the OS and a larger one for the other data was presumably to try and keep other applications and user data separate from the OS in the event of a failure. Data loss protection is still given as the reason for this in many places. However, equally on laptops now it's common to just see two partitions of equal size, with a hidden partition for the recovery image. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 Please note: For security reasons calls from witheld numbers may not be connected. Please release your number so it can be viewed prior to calling. Contact your telephone service provider for advice on how to do this if required. All calls may be recorded for fact verification. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Copying or distribution in any form is not permitted without the prior consent of the sender. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and any attachments from your system and notify the sender immediately. Thank you for your co-operation. Protect our trees; Do not print unless absolutely necessary. Save paper by deleting sections of the message which are not relevant. From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:26 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: increasing partitions size on hard drive? Hi all - Thanks to all that have helped with this one, it seems Partition Magic is the more straightforward option; wonder why manufacturers allow such small space for the drive allocated for the OS system. Does anybody know how much space XPHome requires for an installation anyway?- Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Threadgold <mailto:m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: increasing partitions size on hard drive? Andy, has someone suggested partition magic for resizing partitions? It works on the fly so you don't lose or damage info on the partitions you are altering. hth, Mark Threadgold Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind... _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: 23 December 2009 21:53 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: increasing partitions size on hard drive? Hi Amro - No, unfortunately it seems that resizing drives is pretty much out of the question, unless one goes back to a clean install etc, and I don't fancy doing that! - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal <mailto:Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:07 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: increasing partitions size on hard drive? Hi Andy, have a look at Norton Partition Magic. Highly recommended. The version I have is 8.0 and I think this is the latest version. However, Norton Partition Magic isn't free and I'm afraid I'm not sure if you can resize hard drive from within Windows itself without the need for additional utilities as such. HTH, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: ANDY COLLINS <mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:39 PM Subject: [access-uk] increasing partitions size on hard drive? Hi all - My Asus netbook has a 12GB hard drive; the c:drive is 4GB, and the d:drive 8GB; my XP OS is on the c:drive, and I keep getting a message telling me that capacity on that drive is very low, and to create more space. There's not much I can move from the C to the D drive, so wondered instead about increasing the capacity of the C drive, and reducing that of the D drive. I don't know how to do this, so can anybody get me started? Thanks - Andy __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4712 (20091223) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 091224-0, 24/12/2009 Tested on: 24/12/2009 16:59:44 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4715 (20091224) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. Email message - is OK http://www.eset.com