How can I change the directory to My E drive when I load a
new software.I don't have space in my C drive.
As soon as I insert the software disk to install it comes
out saying no space in c drive. I want to load the
software to E drive. It is not giving me an option.
Please help
Mathew

Greetings --

Unless the installation routine for the application in question
was very badly coded, there should be an option to perform a custom
installation, during which you can specify the desired target drive
and folder.

Bruce Chambers

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"Mathew Muthalaly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0e2b01c34164$afdf06f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can I change the directory to My E drive when I load a
> new software.I don't have space in my C drive.
> As soon as I insert the software disk to install it comes
> out saying no space in c drive. I want to load the
> software to E drive. It is not giving me an option.
> Please help
> Mathew

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:29:00 -0600, Bruce Chambers wrote:

>Greetings --
>
> Unless the installation routine for the application in question
>was very badly coded, there should be an option to perform a custom
>installation, during which you can specify the desired target drive
>and folder.
>
>Bruce Chambers

However, most apps still want to put some of their modules onto C: - why, I
don't know - there's no technical reason for doing so that I know of. Also,
some apps load their own install routine, and need a surprising amount of
space for that -- on C: of course.


To create space on C:

a) Empty the Recycle Bin -- that's where "delted" items go, so a delete
doesn't free up space.

b) Do a Disk Cleanup.

If you have never done either of these chores, you will recover several
hundred megabytes of space.

You should also get rid of software you don't actually use -- you know, all
that cool stuff you downloaded or got on a magazine CD and which you might
use someday... :-)


HTH





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Wolf Kirchmeir, Blind River ON
"Not that brains are everything --
you'll also need a skull to put them in." (Nancy Franklin, 1997)

Greetings --

The technical reason is that properly designed applications will
almost always have to place some essential files in the
%Windir%\System32 and other system folders, shortcuts and shared
common files in one or more of the user profiles in C:\Documents and
Settings, and create quite a few registry entries. Additionally,
unless the user has previously reconfigured his system variables to
place the Temp folders elsewhere, significant space on the C: drive
will be required during the installation process, as installation
routines normally used the location(s) specified by the system
variables.

Bruce Chambers

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"Wolf Kirchmeir" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> However, most apps still want to put some of their modules onto C: -
why, I
> don't know - there's no technical reason for doing so that I know
of. Also,
> some apps load their own install routine, and need a surprising
amount of
> space for that -- on C: of course.
>
>
Snipped....

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 11:37:43 -0600, Bruce Chambers wrote:

>Greetings --
>
> The technical reason is that properly designed applications will
>almost always have to place some essential files in the
>%Windir%\System32 and other system folders, shortcuts and shared
>common files in one or more of the user profiles in C:\Documents and
>Settings, and create quite a few registry entries. Additionally,
>unless the user has previously reconfigured his system variables to
>place the Temp folders elsewhere, significant space on the C: drive
>will be required during the installation process, as installation
>routines normally used the location(s) specified by the system
>variables.

Thanks for the clarification. So it's the way Windows is designed. I was
hoping it was just habit....





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Wolf Kirchmeir, Blind River ON
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you'll also need a skull to put them in." (Nancy Franklin, 1997)