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

Article ID: 811480

Article Last Modified on 1/10/2007

APPLIES TO

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

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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.

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 "Symptoms" 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.

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Extract the files to a different drive by temporarily changing the TMP environment variable that MSDE uses to extract the package. To do this:
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type the following command to save the original value of the TMP environment variable:
```
set saveTMP=%TMP%
```
3. 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.
4. Install MSDE 1.0.
5. Type the following command to change the TMP environment variable back to it's original value:
```
set TMP=%saveTMP%
```
6. Type the following command to delete the temporary TMP environment variable:
```
Del %saveTMP%
```

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

242929 HOWTO: Install MSDE By Using the Windows Installer

233337 INF: How to Determine When Unattended SQL 7.0/MSDE 1.0 Setup is Complete

317328 HOW TO: Troubleshoot a SQL Server Desktop Engine 2000 Installation and Upgrade

301913 BUG: Error "There is not enough space on drive" When Extracting SQL Server 2000 S301913

316046 BUG: SQL Server 2000 Evaluation Edition Does Not Extract

For more information about MSDE 1.0, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

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