xp on an old 3gig HDD ..good/bad idea?

MadSkillzMan · 01-25-04, 03:07 AM

Ok, ive been screwing around with linux, getting sick of xp. well one day i caught a nasty worm, had to reformat. screwed over my MBR with XP's recovery, couldnt boot at all. reformat again. Linux did something else...so i ended up going back all XP. i have a 15gig for OS, a 120gig for storage of my videos and photos, and a odd little 3gig from an older system i kept as FAT32. i was just to lazy to copy stuff from my old system and threw the drive in. well after crammin linux on it and much frustration, it is now blank. Would it be a bad idea to put winxp on a small older drive? i was thinking maybe doing it 3gig OS, 15gig Apps, and keeping the 120 as storage. im not a big fan of partitioning.

Blueacid · 01-25-04, 03:40 AM

Should fit fine, but the old drive is probably slow - 5,400RPM, ATA-66 or 33, so it won't be too speedy.

You could give it a shot, but if it's really sluggish, then you know why.

A good move might be to put your swapfile on a different drive (perhaps the 120gigger) to help a little bit.

Stedeman · 01-25-04, 04:02 AM

3GB drive is under M$ 4GB minimum for XP but it should be slow ATA 66/33 and at best 512K buffer so you'll have squat in pre- fetch and will always be running out. your much better off partitioning the 120 to a 10GB for the OS or so and yes I saw you don't like to partition but it will yield the best results for what you have and if you DL a partition program it's easy as pie to do and will take no time at all.

james.miller · 01-25-04, 04:31 AM

it'll fit no problem. I managed to fit xp on a 1.2gb drive. I made a thread here actually.

edit:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=206273

there we go. winxp pro on a 1.2gb hdd.

01-25-04, 03:07 AM	Thread Starter #1
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	xp on an old 3gig HDD ..good/bad idea? Ok, ive been screwing around with linux, getting sick of xp. well one day i caught a nasty worm, had to reformat. screwed over my MBR with XP's recovery, couldnt boot at all. reformat again. Linux did something else...so i ended up going back all XP. i have a 15gig for OS, a 120gig for storage of my videos and photos, and a odd little 3gig from an older system i kept as FAT32. i was just to lazy to copy stuff from my old system and threw the drive in. well after crammin linux on it and much frustration, it is now blank. Would it be a bad idea to put winxp on a small older drive? i was thinking maybe doing it 3gig OS, 15gig Apps, and keeping the 120 as storage. im not a big fan of partitioning. __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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01-25-04, 03:40 AM	#2
Blueacid Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: UK	Should fit fine, but the old drive is probably slow - 5,400RPM, ATA-66 or 33, so it won't be too speedy. You could give it a shot, but if it's really sluggish, then you know why. A good move might be to put your swapfile on a different drive (perhaps the 120gigger) to help a little bit.
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01-25-04, 04:02 AM	#3
Stedeman The Half Asleep Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lewiston Maine	3GB drive is under M$ 4GB minimum for XP but it should be slow ATA 66/33 and at best 512K buffer so you'll have squat in pre- fetch and will always be running out. your much better off partitioning the 120 to a 10GB for the OS or so and yes I saw you don't like to partition but it will yield the best results for what you have and if you DL a partition program it's easy as pie to do and will take no time at all. __________________ My HEATWARE My eBay
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01-25-04, 04:31 AM	#4
james.miller Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dunstable, uk	it'll fit no problem. I managed to fit xp on a 1.2gb drive. I made a thread here actually. edit: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=206273 there we go. winxp pro on a 1.2gb hdd. __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 2.7ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Asus p5w-dh \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 22" dell e228wfp \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii Last edited by james.miller; 01-25-04 at 04:57 AM.
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