Amount of Disc space to give to Parallels

I would appreciate some advice. I am a satisfied user of a Macbook pro and have just ordered a Mac Pro with a 750 gig drive to be used as the family machine (replacing a Windows PC). I will be installing Parallels and XP plus Office to keep the family happy and will also be using the Mac applications. What size virtual disc would you suggest I set up for Parallels? Is it possible to set up the system so it automatically loads Parallels and XP on start up so the family see a fast seamless machine (rather than loading Leopard and then having to click on Parallels and then XP etc?
Any advice as to how to make the family immediately at home with the Mac (initially using it as a Windows machine) would be much appreciated. Phil

philg1824 wrote:
Is it possible to set up the system so it automatically loads Parallels and XP on start up so the family see a fast seamless machine (rather than loading Leopard and then having to click on Parallels and then XP etc?
This can be done in two steps. Parallels itself (or whatever virtualizer you end up using) can be set to automatically start at login. This is an OS X feature for any program.
The second step is that Parallels lets you automatically boot into a virtual machine when you start Parallels.
Sounds like you would want to turn both the OS X and Parallels auto-start options on, so that OS X boots Parallels, and then Parallels boots Windows.

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So somewhere I have between 450 - 500 GB's taking up my disk space?
Yes, exactly. The total used, per the sidebar, is 735 GB, but the total at the top is 269 GB, leaving 466 GB unaccounted-for. As mentioned in the Other large files section of the Where did my Disk Space go? article, the similar free apps don't show things the logged-on user isn't permitted to see. Unfortunately, the version of WhatSize on the AppStore doesn't, either. A few of those are detailed in the green box.
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Hi neuroanatomist,
many thanks for the swift reply - I did as you said and was in fact able to free up the missing disc space, big YAY!
I do have a quick follow up question though, if I may:
I simply went ahead and emptied my trash whilst having the two external USB-drives connected (as you suggested). If I wanted to, however, for whatever reason not delete my MBP-trash, is there any other way to get rid of the invisible .Trashes folder (or empty it, if that's the more practical/desirable solution)? I have to admit that I wasn't even able to find/see the folder, because I do not know how to make invisible folders visible in this case...
As for the commercial software: I will give it a try if I have not figured out another way by the end of the week. So if anyone else has a suggestion as to how I could solve the problem without spending any money, I'd still be grateful for a quick shout.
Again, thank you neuroanatomist!! (EDIT: ....and JoeyR, of course :))
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Low disc space

Dear All,
We work on ECC6 and our database is SQL 2005.
Now my concern is that my user/SAP drive has very low free space.
Can anyone suggest which files can I delete to increase the disc space.
Also what will happen if the disc space is gets full.
Helpful suggestions will surely be rewarded with points.
Regards,
Ashutosh
Edited by: ashutosh singh on Jun 16, 2008 10:58 AM

Dear Santosh,
I had already copied the files EPS/In to a different location and deleted its contents.Ya folder EPS/In is still there but through that I got around 100-150 KB of free space.
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Please suggest..
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