OFF95: Disk Space Required for Each Installation Type

Last reviewed: June 23, 1997
Article ID: Q134740

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0, Standard Edition

SUMMARY

When you run Microsoft Office Setup, you will have several different installation types, based on whether you initiate Setup from a compact disc (CD), an administrative installation, or from a floppy disk. Each of the installation types requires a different amount of hard disk space, because each will install a different number of files on your computer.

MORE INFORMATION

There are several different types of installations for Microsoft Office: Compact, Typical, Custom, Run from CD, Administrative, and Run from Network. Depending on whether you did your installation from a CD, floppy disk, or from an administrative installation, you will be able to choose from a different combination of installation types.

The following table is a cross-reference of the installment types based the way you run Setup.

   Type              CD         Floppy Disk         Admin Install
   --------------------------------------------------------------

   Compact           x              x                    x
   Typical           x              x                    x
   Custom            x              x                    x
   Run from CD       x
   Run from Network                                      x

The following tables list the different installation types and their approximate hard disk space requirements, broken out by the folders to which files are copied by Setup.

Installation type        \Office 95   \Common Files   \Windows   Total

Typical w/o DataMap      40.8          5.4             5.3       51.5

Typical w/ DataMap       40.8          9.4             5.8       52.0

Custom w/ Select All     58.2         20.2            11.0       89.4

Workstation               5.2         20.2            12.0       37.4
(shared files Local)

Workstation               5.2          0.0            10.4       15.6
(shared files on Server)

Run from CD               2.9         20.2            11.1       34.2

Installation type         \MSOffice     \MSApps     Total

Administrative            102.4         22.2        124.6
(Setup /a)

Note that the actual amount of hard disk space taken up by Microsoft Office may vary from the numbers listed in the above table.

For more information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q132708
   TITLE     : OFF95: Office and Setup Use More Disk Space Than Expected

   ARTICLE-ID: Q131173
   TITLE     : OFF95: Minimum System Requirements for Running Office 7.0


Additional query words: 7.00
Keywords : offwin kbref kbsetup
Version : 7.00
Platform : WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: June 23, 1997
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