[chrikenn]

I believe Windows XP uses swap files and such to improve performance. Does anybody know what the minimum partition size is that Windows XP needs for optimal performance? I'm reinstalling OSX and bootcamp right now and want to give XP as little space as possible (but still enough for optimal performance) because I won't use it much, and certainly wont be installing much software in there.

Any thoughts? I was planning on doing 10GB.

Thanks!

[ghporter]

10GB should be fine. That gives you room for a) the OS, b) the swap file (about 1.5 times installed RAM), and c) a Program Files folder for your Windows programs. That should do pretty well.

Minimum size is at least 2GB and probably more like 4GB-that's not just what the documentation calls for, but the practical requirements to have room to do anything. If you were working on a machine with multiple hard drives, you could tweak the XP installation so that JUST the OS was on the first partition, and with that you could probably get by with 2-3GB. But with your Mac, go with 10.