Clean install not really clean? very little free drive space left

[Guest]

Sorry for the long subject line, and yes, i did read the longgg post a few posts down

I've just done a "clean install" on a laptop that was extremely cluttered and almost full harddrive...i even had to delete alot of programs to have enough room to even begin installing XP..

This is an upgrade cd done as a clean install up from ME...it's a 6.03 gig harddrive, and after the normal *not altered* clean install, there is only 1.49 gig left, and i'm worried that after i reinstall all the microsoft office products and programs the owner of the laptop wants to keep, there will not be enough space left for the thing to function.

After looking around in the program files, i found alot of the programs from before, already there, but not functional..so I'm assuming the clean install didn't really clean install, and am wondering just how much of the taken space is being used by XP and how much is left over files from a bad install....

And also, now that it's been a "clean install" is it possible to do a fresh install (after an fdisk or something) with the upgrade cd, or will I have to load win 98 on it, then do the XP install?

Sorry to ask so many questions all at once, but this all needs to be completed in 4 1/2 hours...*lol this is gonna be tight*

Thanks in advance!
Jen

 

[bert]

Hi, I hope this wont be too late for your download, but I
think the fast way to get to where you want to go is to
boot up with the upgrade xp cd, making sure that the
laptop bios is set to boot from cd first, which is done
by accessing the bios
===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===>
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

the cd will give you options to reformat the harddrive
durint setup, especially if you choose the ntfs file
option instead of FAT. Then it should ask you to put in
a win98 cd that qualifies for an upgrade and after a
switch and back, you should be on your way, hopefully
before your deadline arrives...good luck.

-----Original Message-----
Sorry for the long subject line, and yes, i did read the

longgg post a few posts down

I've just done a "clean install" on a laptop that was

extremely cluttered and almost full harddrive...i even
had to delete alot of programs to have enough room to
even begin installing XP..

This is an upgrade cd done as a clean install up from

ME...it's a 6.03 gig harddrive, and after the normal *not
altered* clean install, there is only 1.49 gig left, and
i'm worried that after i reinstall all the microsoft
office products and programs the owner of the laptop
wants to keep, there will not be enough space left for
the thing to function.

After looking around in the program files, i found alot

of the programs from before, already there, but not
functional..so I'm assuming the clean install didn't
really clean install, and am wondering just how much of
the taken space is being used by XP and how much is left
over files from a bad install....

And also, now that it's been a "clean install" is it

possible to do a fresh install (after an fdisk or
something) with the upgrade cd, or will I have to load
win 98 on it, then do the XP install?

Sorry to ask so many questions all at once, but this all

needs to be completed in 4 1/2 hours...*lol this is gonna
be tight*

 

[Guest]

Thanks Bert! Working on it now...hopefully it will work, been fighting with it for days! LOL *3 hours and counting*