On 24 Aug 99, at 16:29, MR GEORGE A CLARK wrote:

> I am using Win98, hard drive is partitioned to c, d, & e.."f" is the
> CD-rom. I am trying to install a rather large software (40 megs) to
> the "e" drive and I am getting the error message  "can not install to the
> "e" drive, same message when trying to use the "d" drive..there is ample
> room on "d" or "e"..Why am I being locked out..

  There are a couple of possibilities that spring to mind:

1.  Some software may insist on installing only to C:.

2.  Some software may include code that checks for sufficient space, that was
written when typical drives were smaller.  There may be ranges in which a
large amount of free space looks, to this buggy code, like a NEGATIVE amount
of free space.

3.  With some formats, at least, the number of files/folders at the root of a
drive is limited.  It is possible to encounter this limit while there is
still plenty of "space" vailable on the drive.

  There could be other reasons as well; without knowing what you're trying to
install and more about what's already on your drives, it's hard to guess what
the actual problem is.


David G

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