In news:7afi0cF1v1b4dU1@mid.individual.net,
olfart typed on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:52:44 -0400:
> I use an old version of Works...made for Win95 and it gets the job
> done without all the xtra crap. Don't remember how much space it
> uses, but I know it's smaller than V9.

Yes I should still have the install disks for v2, v3, and v4.x. I
remember they were small like only 20MB. One feature Microsoft never
added was macros. I think they did this on purpose (as that is the only
reason I use Office more). There is nothing in later versions I want or
need. My Gateway laptops came with v8 I think, but they are no longer on
them. Add/Remove claims it is eating 400MB for v9. But if you remove it,
it is only less than 200MB of extra space is recovered.

> Another space waster is system restore...which I don't use either.

Oh yes. System Restore is okay if you have the room. But backups are far
better anyway. And the neat thing about having a 4G system is that it
fits on a single DVD backup. <grin>

Another waste is the SoftwareDistribution folder under Windows 2000
anyway. Under XP, I never seen a lot in there. Under Windows 2000, it
has over 500MB. If you bypass all of the safeties (booting from Linux,
BartPE, or WinPE), you can delete it all. But some are recreated when
you reboot, but not a lot. Under 10MB from what I recall.

> Also....are you putting your temp files and My Documents onto your
> SDHC Card?

Yes and temps are put into a 512MB RAMDisk. Way too much for 99% of the
time. But I am not using the extra RAM for anything else anyway.

> And I'm sure you delete all the hotfix and SP3 uninstall files. If you
> dig s\aroung ther is alot that can be deleted or transferred off of
> Drive C and still have a pretty good running system.

Yes, but that OEM version of XP for EeePC is very bloated and I can't
find out why so far. I believe uninstall Works v9 and all of the Windows
Live stuff doesn't really all come off is my guess. <sigh>

--
Bill
Windows XP Home SP3 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC