Guild Wars & Boot Camp

I hope someone can help.
I've been playing GW for over 2 year and just switched to Mac Book Pro 15" as my main computer. I did a trial version of VMWare to see if GW would run. Considering that the version of XP I was using (XP Pro 64 bit) I could log in and play but the graphics weren't up to par(really bad).
Since then I deleted VMWare off my computer when the trial expired and went out and bought Win XP Home Ed. SP 2 full version, so I would have a proper verion of Windoze to use. I installed and ran Boot camp no problems, installed Windoze, so far so good. Installed drivers (from the Apple provided disc) and game.
When I log in now graphics kick any of my PCs video to the curb, but the game keeps crashing the only message I get is: "Error! Disk Full." Sometimes the error pops up right away sometime it can take 10 minutes to appear, reguardless if I am staying put in the scene or running around doing a mission.
This is what I have tried with no luck:
Dailing the graphics in the game down all the way
Trying 3rd party newer graphics driver verisons
Other NVidia drivers found on Apple website
Driver Agent(website) said my graphic drivers are fine.
(I went graphics heavy route since Arena Net is blaming the graphics drivers for the error).
My XP setup is:
20GB HD size with 10.3 GB free
1.98GB of RAM
Wired connection to my AirPort Extreme Router.
Am I on a wild goose chase looking at the graphics as an issue?
Does anyone else have any tips that might help?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions and advice.
Jenn

I have heard that the recommended size for the XP partition is 30 GB for purposes of virtual memory. You may want to try increasing the XP partition to 30 GB. I am not sure if that will require formatting that partition and reinstalling XP, or if you can do it with disk utility.

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