If you don't want all the components to be installed you can select the required components
These are the components that will install along with the setup
1.MS Application Error Reporting
2.VC 10.0 Runtime (X86)
3.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2
4.Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5(x86)
5.Windows Installer 4.5 update(x86)
6.Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2 – VS 2010 tools
7.Microsoft ASP.Net MVC 2
8.Microsoft Silverlight
9.MSSL3 SDK
10.VS2010 Tools for Office Runtime Beta 2 (X 86)
11.Microsoft Development Tools for VS 2010 (X86)
12.Crystal Reports Template for VS2010
13.MS Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta
14.VS2010 Beta 2 Tools for Sql Server Compact
15.Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime V 1.0
16.Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.Net V 2.0
17.Microsoft Sync Framework Services V 1.0
18.Microsoft Sync Services SDK V 1.0
19.MS Sql Publishing Wizard 1,4
20.SqlServer System CLR Types
21.SqlServer 2008 Release2 Management Objects
22.Microsoft SqlServer 2008 Express SP1 Upgrade
23.Datatier Application Component Framework
24.Microsoft Sahrepoint Devlopement Tools
25.Data –tier Application component Project System
26.T-Sql language Service
27.Microsoft VS2010 ADO.Net Entity Framework Tools
28.Microsoft Help 3.0 Beta 2
You are required to restart the system, thrice,(after windows installar updates) where it will continue installing after restart
It took almost 6 hours for me to complete installation.
When you open VS2010 first it configures the settings to load IDE
System Requirements:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP
* Minimum 7.5 GB available HDD space
* Processor Speed 2Ghz
* 2GB RAM
VS2010 occupies 1700 MB of your system