Microsoft KB Archive/811480

= BUG: You Receive Error Message: &quot;There Is Not Enough Space on Drive&quot; When You Extract SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 =

Article ID: 811480

Article Last Modified on 1/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Data Engine 1.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Microsoft Data Engine 1.0 (MSDE), the MSDEX86.exe file that includes Visual Studio 6.0, on a hard disk that


 * Is formatted with Microsoft Windows NT File System (NTFS)

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 * Has free disk space in the range of multiple 4 GB

you receive the following error message:

There is not enough space on drive C:\ to extract this Package. Please free up 49.95 MB and click Retry.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior you can either:

 Create a file to reduce the free disk space on the hard disk outside the range specified in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section. For example, on an 8.1 GB hard disk create a 200 MB file. This will automatically reduce the free disk space to 7.9 GB. Extract the files to install MSDE 1.0.

-or- Extract the files to a different drive by temporarily changing the TMP environment variable that MSDE uses to extract the package. To do this:  Open a command prompt.  Type the following command to save the original value of the TMP environment variable:

set saveTMP=%TMP%   Type the following command to assign the TMP environment variable to a new folder on a different drive:

set TMP=D:\Newtemp

Note: Make sure that the Newtemp folder already exists on the D drive.  Install MSDE 1.0.  Type the following command to change the TMP environment variable back to it's original value:

set TMP=%saveTMP% </li>  Type the following command to delete the temporary TMP environment variable: Del %saveTMP% </li></ol> </li></ul>

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