V lite

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How much drive space is it possible to shave off the installation size of Vista 32bit with SP1?

Just curious, as Vista contains many features that I do not use. I realise the anwser will depend on which features you want keep.

When I had XP installed there was a way of reducing the space taken up on the C drive, this was by deleting the hidden '$' installation files on the drive. I have looked on the Vista installation an cannot find the location of these files this time - if they exist this time that is.
 
I've managed to get Vista to fit on a CD, without losing much functionality.

You won't get it much smaller without ripping out stuff you'll probably need later though.
 
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