Microsoft KB Archive/918802

= Error message when you try to install Streets & Trips or Age of Empires III: &quot;1327 Invalid Drive&quot; =

Article ID: 918802

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Age of Empires III
 * Microsoft Age of Empires III : The WarChiefs
 * Microsoft AutoRoute 2007
 * Microsoft AutoRoute 2007 with GPS Locator
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with Connected Services
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS Locator
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 with GPS Locator
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 Essentials
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Streets & Trips 2004 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to install one of the programs that are listed in the &quot;Applies To&quot; section, you receive the following error message:

Error 1327, Invalid Drive:  :\

Installation ended prematurely because of an error.

Note In this error message,  is not the drive letter of any one of your drives.



Microsoft Windows XP and earlier versions

 * 1) Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
 * 2) Under Storage, click Disk Management.
 * 3) Note the current letter of the CD drive. Right-click the CD drive, and then click Change Letter and Paths.
 * 4) Click Change, and then change the drive to the drive letter that appears in the error message.
 * 5) Click OK.
 * 6) Click Yes for the confirmation.
 * 7) Close Disk Management, and then install Streets & Trips.
 * 8) After you install the program, repeat steps 1 through 6 to change the CD drive back to its original drive letter.

Windows Vista

 * 1) Click Startvistastartbutton.jpg], type Help in the Start Search box, and then click Help and Support in the Programs list.
 * 2) In the Search Help box, type Change, add, or remove a drive letter, and then click the Search Help icon.
 * 3) In the list, click Change, add, or remove a drive letter.
 * 4) Follow the instructions to change the drive to the drive letter that appears in the error message.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about error 1327, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

282183 Works: &quot;Error 1327, Invalid Drive&quot; error message occurs during installation

290356 You receive an &quot;Error 1327. Invalid Drive: C:\. Installation ended prematurely&quot; error message when you install Office XP System Files Update

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB918802

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