> It doesn't matter what name or where you put your 'program files' they still need HDD > space somewhere. In regards to someone with only one HDD then they will need to be on > that drive somewhere. There are folders under 'program files' where Windows does > store things (even on Windows first install) and AFAIK the user is not asked where or > what name to use for 'program files' when installing Windows, it just uses that as > default. > > About the pagefile; Windows can run without one but certain programs will not. > Certain programs need/use the pagefile and will not start without one. They will > error message with 'not enough memory available' even when you have 2GB of physical > RAM chips. I don't know how many programs but the one or two I noticed were enough to > make me go back to using a small pagefile of atleast 512MB. > > All this is correct up to Windows XP. I have no interest in Vista or 7.
Some people are moving special folders because they don't want to waste space on an expensive SSD. It's too bad you are not interested in Windows 7, it's a great OS. I like it much better than XP.