Microsoft KB Archive/818467

= &quot;The Destination Directory Must Be on a Partition Formatted with NTFS&quot; Error Message When You Try to Install Exchange Server 2003 on a Server Cluster =

Article ID: 818467

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Exchange Server 2003 on a cluster node, you receive the following error message:

Cannot install Microsoft Exchange in the specified directory. The destination directory must be on a partition formated with NTFS. Please specify a different destination directory.

Note In this error message, the word &quot;formated&quot; is a misspelling for the word &quot;formatted.&quot;

You receive this message even though the destination folder is on a partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if both of the following are true:
 * You try to install Exchange Server 2003 on a server cluster.

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 * The hard disk configurations of each cluster node do not match.

For example, this issue may occur when the following example configuration exists:
 * On cluster node, drive   is defined where you install the Exchange Server 2003 binary files, and drive   is not defined.
 * On cluster node, drive   is defined where you try to install the Exchange Server 2003 binary files, but drive   is not defined.

When you try to install Exchange Server 2003 on the second cluster node, Exchange Server 2003 Setup obtains the installation location of the Exchange Server 2003 installation on the first cluster node. If that installation path does not exist on the second cluster node (for example, where a drive is not configured), Setup cannot continue.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reconfigure the cluster nodes to have matching hard disk configurations, and then install Exchange Server 2003.



MORE INFORMATION
For a technical overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 clustering services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/clustering.mspx

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