Hey David, Following your advice, I discovered that each of my partitions "write protected checkboxes" are indeed unchecked. Thus, the search for a fix continues. Still, thanks for your excellent response.
Steve > Hi Steve > Open Drive Setup and under Functions Menu select Volume Settings. this > should show the non start up volume. Click on volume and you should see an > option - write protected - and if it is checked, uncheck it. This should > then unlock the disk. Then you must start up from this drive and go thru the > same procedure for the other drive. > David in WV on 9/26/02 10:25 PM, Steven Schario at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My recurring problem is that during any Quicktime, version 4 or 6, >> install attempts, a couple error messages appear, "The disk with your >> preferred destination folder is currently locked. error -44," or "This >> installation requires a system folder on the destination drive. The >> installation has been cancelled. 1008:1, -43." So, if my hard disk is >> locked, how do I unlock it? And why won't the QT installer recognize my >> obviously present, OS 8.6 System Folder? Any ideas where I may have gone >> wrong, or if that is too daunting, how can I fix this mutha? >> >> Thanks loads, Steve -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
