Microsoft KB Archive/307055

= Windows XP Installation Uses Entire 3-Gigabyte Partition =

Article ID: 307055

Article Last Modified on 12/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

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This article was previously published under Q307055



SYMPTOMS
When you install Windows XP on an IA-64 partition that has 3 gigabytes (GB) or less of space, Windows XP may fill the entire partition.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because the installation creates a 1.5-GB swap file in addition to the 1.5-GB disk space that the installation itself requires.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
The swap file space is needed to create log files for debugging system failures and errors. In addition, the size of the swap file increases in proportion to the amount of physical memory in your system. For each GB of memory, the swap file increases by 1.5 GB. If you have 1 GB of memory, the swap file is 1.5 GB; for 2 GB of memory, the swap file is 3 GB.

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbsetup KB307055

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