Red0ctobeR Posted February 15, 2009 Report Posted February 15, 2009 I have been trying to get Flash Player V10 on my computer. But I get an error message claiming I have insufficient disk space. And that I need 5000 kb. Well I have checked everything on my computer and I can't delete enough shit off this POS. Any help would be appreciated. THanks Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Just 5000kb? That is about 5 mb which is nothing considering the size of hard drives today. If you have Windows Vista, right click on your C: Drive and click properties. A pie chart should come up telling you the amount of disk spaced is used and how much you have free. If you have Windows XP, just right click My Computer and click properties to bring up the disk space information. If you do not have 5 megabytes free then you either have a shit load of stuff on your computer or you have a small hard drive. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 I have PLENTY of disc space. That isn't the problem. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 What is the the name of your primary hard disk? The program could be coded to check the C: Drive, rather then your primary drive. So if your primary drive is something like F:, or anything besides C: let me know. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 Yes I ahve an F: drive. But I have saved the last 9.0 update to that drive with no problem. Of course taht was maybe a half year ago. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 I am pretty sure that is the problem. The new upgrade is probably reading the C: Drive. Go to Run and type in cmd. This brings up the command prompt and you type in "subst: C: F:\" (if F is you primary drive), without the quotes. What this does is map the C: drive to an existing folder (F: in your case). After you do that you should be able to run the install. I hope this helps, if it doesn't let you subst then I am not sure what your problem could be. Quote
Chili327 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Red0ctobeR ]I have been trying to get Flash Player V10 on my computer. But I get an error message claiming I have insufficient disk space. And that I need 5000 kb. Well I have checked everything on my computer and I can't delete enough shit off this POS. Any help would be appreciated. Red0ctobeR ]I have PLENTY of disc space. That isn't the problem. Sounds confusing.. :-\ Matty, Why would his F drive be the primary..!? (how would this happen, & him not know about it) Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 I am unsure how F: became the primary drive, because if he has Windows XP SP2 or later, you aren't allowed to change the OS which would be C:. The only thing I can think of is when he installed Windows he had a flash drive or USB stick in the computer and Windows gave the flash drive C: and named his primary drive F:. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 My F: drive is my primary drive because I put in a new hard drive and I couldn't get it to go back to the C: drive. I will try it Reb and see what happens Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 It isn't working. The command you gave is invalid. Plus when it comes up it already has F: in as primary. try again Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Red, my fault. Try the same command subst C: F:\ I added a colon after subst accidentally. What this does is creates a virtual drive, a copy of your F: drive and it is named C:. So that is why I am hoping it should work. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Posted February 16, 2009 C: is an invalid parameter. I am telling you this is not the problem. At least I am pretty sure. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 Hmmm. I am almost certain that is the problem. If it is not I am at a loss. The reason you are getting that error code is because the path (C:) is invalid, meaning the drive letter is in physical use and is not available. I can bet one of your removable drives is labeled as C:. If it is then let me know because I am going to want to change your removable drive letter. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Posted February 17, 2009 Yes the C: drive is the removable drive. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 If you are on Vista do this: 1. Open the Control Panel 2. Switch to Classic View 3. Click Administrative Tools 4. Click Computer Management 5. Click Disk Management 6. Right click on your C: Drive 7. Click Change Drive Letter and Paths 8. Click Change 9. Change the Letter on the drop down next to "Assign the following drive letter" 10. Give it a letter that is not a drive anywhere, like H: or something Okay what this does is changes your C: Drive to H: and that should allow you to use the subst command. So do Run, type in cmd again to open the command prompt and type in: subst C: F:\ make sure it is a backslash Then try to do the install. If it doesn't let you then I am all out of ideas. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Posted February 17, 2009 I don't have vista. It is XP Quote
Matty2D Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 Okay open the control panel and find Performance and Matinence. If you see that then follow the steps from ther. If you don't see that then there should be Administraive tools. The only difference in XP and Vista is the beginning of the steps. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Posted February 17, 2009 There is NO C: drive in the disc management tab. Only F and my external Hard Drive. Like I said the C: drive isn't the problem. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 Well isn't that because your C: drive is removable and the flash drive isn't plugged in? Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Posted February 17, 2009 The C: drive is a removable drive, and My External HDD is plugged in, at all times. And that is my H: drive. Quote
Matty2D Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 Okay then plug in a flash drive or something so it comes up in the Disk Management. Because I just tested if i took a CD out of the CD ROM drive, it dissapears. Quote
Red0ctobeR Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Posted February 17, 2009 It worked. Thanks for the help matty Quote
Matty2D Posted February 17, 2009 Report Posted February 17, 2009 Red0ctobeR ]It worked. Thanks for the help matty No problem. Quote
Chili327 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Posted February 18, 2009 Whew.. i was starting to get stressed out with this thread. lol Quote
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