Forget about the swap file, swap your PC or your software.

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It is not necessary to uninstall X1 to install X2.

WHen you only got 6 gigs to play with it is......






The only thing I can come up with for the op is buy a USB Hard drive  a 1000 gigs is like 100 or so bucks..... install it in that location.... You'll have  to always keep it plugged in but you'll have space ....



If you can even get the thing to run on xp


If not you got the extra space  For your  8.5

I have USB hard drive- it is 2 TB. I also have 3 other hard drives, D, E and G in this same system- how can I install X2 on another drive? I remember I had the same problem on my old system and I was changing installation passway- not very good idea. Why in a world I partitioned it- who knows. That other part is G drive now and has like 50 Gb free. Note that SCSI drives only go up to 145 Gb.

Doesn't the advanced install give you option to install SONAR anywhere you want?

Moving swap file: Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Performance [Settings] -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory [Change]. Then choose no paging file for your C drive, then choose "system managed size" for your other drive or partition that has a lot of space. Then [OK] out of all that and reboot. Depending on how much Windows was using for your paging file, you will now have that much more space on your C: drive. After install, you can probably set it back again if you want, or leave it there until you get your new machine. Cakewalk says no support for X2 on XP.

That is the system restore space you refering to, right? Sounds like a good idea, not sure what you mean by "then choose "system managed size" for your other drive or partition that has a lot of space."- will it let me set system restore on another drive?

So far I am downloding content to partitioned side of drive. Any ideas how much space would I need for install?

I used to run Emagic Logic 5 from another drive (for the same reason). Would it be ok to install Sonar on D drive? (If there an option to do that). The shared plugins folder is on C drive, but I can rescan plugins. My computer used to store most VSTs in Emagic/Logic shared plugins folder any way.

XP is completely unsupported with SONAR X2. Future updates of X2 will not even install on XP so its not worth the trouble of installing IMO.

I do not know the considerations company has to make to decide not to support an OS, and I do not understand the differences in programming behind the different versions. All I know is that until recently you could still order XP computers for business use and many industries, such as Healthcare still use XP. I just have to give it a chance and see what happens. I will let you know if it works. And why in a world the company would release updates that would not install on OS that still owned by half of the world? Is there a research data that shows how many users in the world still have XP?
It is easy to say, just get new computer with Win 7 or 8. I could afford the computer, but then- the sound cards- the drivers are not supported on new OS. This means I have to change my IO system. I am looking in to it, but right now I can not do it. I still use M-Audio Delta 1010, Helix Phonic 18 and M-Audio Fast Track Ultra. Emagic Unitor 8 for MIDI. Many of you here not even know what that is. It is 8 In/Outs MIDI Time Piece. There is no drivers for that- the company is not exists. So I am looking at like 10K to rebuild everything- why would I do that to accommodate one “crashy” program? And I am just a small studio- I am sure there people who invested much more in to their hardware and not going to change everything because Cakewalk decided not to support legacy OS. Thanks.

"XP is completely unsupported with SONAR X2. Future updates of X2 will not even install on XP so its not worth the trouble of installing IMO. "


Then why did you even allow it to be installed on XP in the first place ???

Bad bad move....

It's not system restore; it's virtual memory support. When you see that dialog, you will find out how much space your pagefile is using on C:, and hence whether its worth pursuing. The install requires >6 gig for temp files which you will get back in the end, plus whatever gets permanently installed. I understand you want to do this on XP only temporarily until you can get a new machine and that you may wish to carry forward the data on your other partition. I.e. your disk drive can be added to your new computer. Is it not true that if you buy a W7 computer now your W8 upgrade is free or very low cost?