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From: simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows-the interface that may never happen...
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Date: 12 Jun 90 15:03:28 GMT
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In article <60@raysnec.UUCP>, shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes...
>In article <210@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> nfs@cs.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker) writes:

>>requirement for 6-8Mb of hard disk space.  I freed up some space,
>>installed the package, and discovered the disk estimates weren't far
>>off - C:\WINDOWS ate 7.5Mb of my hard disk.  If I want to swap, I need
>>(probably) another 2-3Mb of disk space.
> 
>In InfoWorld's recent Windows supplement (page S10) they write:
> 
>	Windows requires a large amount of hard disk space - 4-1/2
>	megabytes of free disk pace to install it and its included
>	utilities, not counting other applications. By eliminating

When I tried to install Windows the first time, I got an error message 
to the effect that Windows requires at least 6.5 Mb of free disk space 
and that I needed to free the disk to provide this space before the 
installation could be continued.  After that it returned to DOS prompt.  
After the installation it took 4.6 Mb on a 286 machine, and added a 
swapfile of 2.5 Mb on a 386.

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