Need help with Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade. Says I need more free space on my hard drive.

I've used Windows advisor, and he says: I need 20 GB of free space to install Win 7 and I have 6 free on a 40 GB drive, when I remove the XP will this free up enough space?

I've used Windows advisor, and he says: I need 20 GB of free space to install Win 7 and I have 6 free on a 40 GB drive, when I remove the XP will this free up enough space?

Probably not.

See: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

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