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More info?)
One other suggestion is to move your documents to D and if you do not have
enough space, uninstall a program taking up a lot of space and install it on
the D drive (say D:\program files.
"Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg> wrote in message
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> | My machine was configured to have a small c: partition
> | and the larger partition is D:. The SP upgrade fails
> | because C: does not have enough space. How do I get
> | around that?
>
> As follows are some ways to free disk space on the local system:
>
> -- Use the built-in Disk Cleanup Utility to create more free
> space. For more information search the Help and Support Center
> for the phrase: Removing unneeded files. And if Disk Cleanup
> hangs see the applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
>
> KB823302 - The Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;823302
>
> KB812248 - Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While
> Compressing Old Files
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;812248
>
> NOTE: Compression adds overhead to the system because a
> compressed NTFS file is decompressed, copied, and then
> recompressed as a new file even when the file is copied in the
> same computer. Because of this potential loss of performance, you
> may not want to compress some files. For more information see
> the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
>
> KB307987 - HOW TO: Use File Compression in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;307987
>
> -- Set the Windows File Protection dllcache quota to 0
> (sfc /cachesize=0). Then purge the cache (sfc /purgecache).
> NOTE: If WFP needs to replace a file, you will have to insert the
> installation CD-ROM. For more information see the following
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
>
> KB310747 - Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
> System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;310747
>
> -- Delete Service Pack Uninstall Folders
> ($NtServicePackUninstall$). NOTE: Only delete the
> $NtServicePackUninstall$ folders if you have determined that
> there is no longer a need to return the system to the pre-Service
> Pack state. For more information see the following Microsoft
> Knowledge Base Articles:
>
> KB329260 - How to Remove Windows XP Service Pack 1 Folders
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;329260
>
> -- Relocate the ServicePackFiles folder to an alternate drive or
> network share, and then update the source location registry key.
> For more information about the source location registry key see
> the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
>
> KB327393 - You Do Not Have to Reinstall Windows XP Service Packs
> After System State Changes
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;327393
>
> NOTE: If the files contained in the
> %Systemroot%\ServicePackFiles directory are deleted, you will
> need to re-create them by reinstalling the Service Pack.
>
> -- Delete the driver.cab file located in the %SystemRoot%\Driver
> Cache\I386 folder. NOTE: If a driver is required Windows XP will
> prompt you for the installation CD-ROM or you may receive an
> error message. Furthermore, since the "Add New Hardware Wizard"
> does not recognize drivers in the driver.cab you will need to
> either restore the driver.cab (see KB810882 for the general
> idea). Else you could use the System Configuration Utility
> (Msconfig.exe) to Expand the necessary driver(s), then point the
> Wizard to them. Also, if you are not logged on as a user with
> administrative privileges the driver installation is not
> successful. For more information see the following Microsoft
> Knowledge Base Articles. (Note that KB255771 is not written
> specifically for WinXP. However I have tested the procedure on
> WinXP Professional and the behavior is the same):
>
> KB255771 - How to Minimize the Installed Footprint of Windows
> 2000 Professional
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=255771
>
> KB810882 - Error Message: Cannot Install Hardware. An Error
> Occurred During the Installation of the Device
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;810882
>
> KB310560 - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in
> Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;310560
>
> -- Remove unneeded optional Windows Components such as such as
> MSN Explorer and Games, and remove unused 3rd party programs.
> For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> Articles:
>
> KB305548 - HOW TO: Add Components and Programs to a Computer in
> Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;305548
>
> KB307895 - HOW TO: Change or Remove a Program in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;307895
>
> -- Disable Hibernation by following this procedure: Open Power
> Options in Control Panel (Category View: Performance and
> Maintenance), click the Hibernate tab, and then click to deselect
> the Enable hibernate support check box.
>
> And if you have another partition on the same hard drive, or
> another hard drive, you have these options:
>
> -- For a NTFS-formatted disk volume only, use mounted drives.
> For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> Article:
>
> KB307889 - HOW TO: Create and Use NTFS Mounted Drives in
> Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;307889
>
> -- Relocate the pagefile, preferably to a second hard drive since
> placing it on a different partition on the same hard drive will
> decrease computer performance. And relocate the Print Spooler.
> For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> Article:
>
> KB314105 - How to Move the Windows Default Paging File and Print
> Spooler to a Different Hard Disk
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;314105
>
> Note 1: If the target partition is NTFS make certain that the
> System and Administrators accounts have the correct NTFS
> permissions. For more information see the following Microsoft
> Knowledge Base Article:
>
> KB315270 - Error Message: Your System Has No Paging File, or the
> Paging File Is Too Small
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;315270
>
> Note 2: Completely removing the pagefile from the boot partition
> does not allow Windows to Write Debugging Information (create a
> crash dump file named memory.dmp) should a kernel mode STOP
> error. For more information see the following Microsoft
> Knowledge Base article. And to configure your computer so that
> it does not create a crash dump file search the Help and Support
> Center for the phrase: "To specify what Windows does if the
> system stops unexpectedly". Note that the aforementioned help
> topic does not tell you that there is a (none) option, but you
> can specify it by clicking the drop-down box under "Write
> Debugging Information".
>
> KB314482 - How to Configure Paging Files for Optimization and
> Recovery in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;314482
>
> -- If you are running Windows XP Indexing Service, change the
> location of the catalog.wci directory to another partition.
> NOTE: This will involve deleting the present catalog(s) and
> rebuilding from scratch. As such, you may want to document the
> current configuration before you delete the catalog(s). For more
> information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
>
> KB308202 - HOW TO Create and Configure a Catalog for Indexing
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=308202
>
> -- If you use the My Documents folder to store large amounts of
> data, change the default location to another partition. For more
> information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
>
> KB310147 - How to Change the Default Location of the
> My Documents Folder
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;310147
>
> -- If you are using Outlook Express and have a large message
> store, change the location of the Storage Folder to another
> partition. For more information search for the following Help
> topic: Outlook Express Help: "To change the location of your
> message store". For more information about earlier versions on
> Outlook Express see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> Article:
>
> KB175037 - OLEXP: How to Change the Default Location of
> Mail and News Folders
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=175037
>
> Thanks to the following people whose suggestions posted in the
> microsoft.public.* newsgroups have been incorporated into this
> message:
>
> Torgeir Bakken - Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
> Jerold Schulman - Windows: General MVP
> Dave Patrick - Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>
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