>>During install - there's an advanced button - it shows a menu where you can delete partitions and (re)create your C: ( or windows) partition. >>Having 16Gb of memory - I create a 96 Gb C: Partition. Largely enough for the hibernate file, the paging file and all the software - including VS > >one of the more stupid decisions of MS is to default such files to C:, as it only blows up C: (and thereby might make quadroupling memory risky) and you the need to exclude those files from backup handling again. UNIX-like swp: area not in the save path and easily moveable/growable is saner.