How do I install CS2 to drive d: when c: doesn’t have enough disk space?

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drokmed
Jul 16, 2007
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Hello,

I tell CS2 to install to d:, and it complains drive c: doesn’t have enough disk space to install CS2. So what!!! I told it to install on drive d: I even created a directory on d: for it, and browsed to it via the setup browser.

This is a new dell laptop, they made drive c: a recovery disk, and it’s nearly full. There is NO WAY to free up disk space on drive c:, so don’t even ask.

There MUST be a way to force CS2 to install to drive d:. I follow the prompts, chose destination directory, browsed to the directory I created on drive d:, and continued from there. It still complains one of my drives (C:) doesn’t have enough disk space. This is infuriating!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve tried tricks I could think of. I created a d:\install\adobe directory, copied the CD contents to here, and tried d:setup d: /any flag I could think of… appears the setup.exe file won’t accept arguments.

Is there a way to force CS2 to install on drive d: without it checking drive c: ??? I realize it is probably using drive c: as a temp directory to uncompress files etc… there must be a way to force it to do that on drive d:.

I just bought this laptop for the sole purpose of running photoshop. I cannot return the laptop, nor should I have to reformat the hard disk to all one c: partition (Dell doesn’t supply windows installation cd’s).

Thanks for reading, sorry about the rants, just frustrated.

Regards,

Daryl

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Bob Levine
Jul 16, 2007
The C: Drive needs plenty of space for installation. Dell machines come with a hidden partition for recovery. If you or someone else decided to use it as a regular partition that was a serious mistake.

Dell is shipping O/S disks with their machines now, though they did stop for a short period of time.

What Dell machine is it and did you buy directly from Dell? What O/S?

Now…I suggest taking a deep breath. There. Now here’s the bad news…AFAICT, you’re going to need to blow that machine out and reinstall everything.

Bob
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dave_milbut
Jul 16, 2007
because windows apps need space on the os drive to store libraries even if the main app is installed on a different drive.
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drokmed
Jul 16, 2007
Thanks for the quick responses, I appreciate that.

It’s a new Dell laptop model Inspiron 1501, came with Vista Home Basic.

My bad, it did come with some CD’s, just figured they were junk, but one of them is the actual OS installation (actually says reinstallation) cd. Reinstallation? Is this like a normal installation cd, or is it going to ignore me (in typical Microsoft arrogance) and install they way it wants to, creating the full recovery c: partition again?

We bought it from a local wholesale store that doesn’t accept returned laptops, they only replace defective ones, so I’m stuck with it.

Thanks again. Anyone else not like Vista? If I had a valid license key, I’d put XP Pro on this… oh well.
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Bob Levine
Jul 16, 2007
Good news/Bad news.

Good: It’s a complete install DVD.

Bad: CS3 is not supported under Home Basic.

Suggestion: Blow the machine out and and reinstall Vista…then upgrade it to either Home Premium or Business.

Then try installing Photoshop again.

FWIW, This is the first thing I do with any new machine. I don’t care much for OEM Windows images.

Bob
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drokmed
Jul 16, 2007
I think I will go ahead and put XP pro on this, gotta have an available key here at work somewhere 🙂

God I hate vista. What I really need is a linux version of photoshop 🙂

Thanks all, reformat hd coming up…
JJ
John_Joslin
Jul 17, 2007
Go with XP!
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dave_milbut
Jul 17, 2007
ditto. xp pro.

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