Microsoft KB Archive/290372

= OFFXP: Disk Space Requirements for Microsoft Office =

Article ID: 290372

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290372



SUMMARY
The amount of disk space required to install Microsoft Office XP is based on several factors, including the following:
 * The version of Microsoft Windows that your computer is using
 * Whether the System Files Update needs to be installed
 * The versions of Windows components installed, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Data Access Components
 * Whether an earlier version of Office is installed on your computer
 * The type of file system being used (for example, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS)
 * The components that you are installing



MORE INFORMATION
The approximate amount of disk space that is needed to install Office XP is shown in the following table.   Office SKU                             Install Now   Complete -

Office Professional with FrontPage    284 MB        576 MB   Office Professional                    241 MB        530 MB   Office Standard                        201 MB        477 MB   Office Small Business                  281 MB        555 MB NOTE: If the System Files Update is required to be installed on your computer, the disk space requirements could be increased by another 50 MB.

Additional query words: footprint inf megabytes

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