Forwarded to PEDA list: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greg Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE and XP Home
> With a hard disk of 200GB, I suppose it could be the BIOS/OS limitation of > 137GB? If the partition is FAT32, it's limited to 137GB, IIRC. You would > need a NTFS partition to break the 137GB barrier. If the install program > didn't get the drive info from the right source (does it ask the BIOS or the > OS? - who knows?), maybe that's the problem. > > If your drive is one huge partition, maybe you should divide it up into 2 > logical drives, each less than 137GB in size. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Protel EDA > Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:00 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE and XP Home > > > > There is definitely enough room. It is a brand new computer with a 200GB > > drive. The install program correctly tells me that there is 183GB free but > > is incorrectly telling me that it needs 601GB available to install (that's > > right 601 Gigabytes!). I don't know why the Protel install program would > > make a mistake like that. I started wondering if it doesn't correctly > handle > > this size of drive (3 digit gigabyte). The program actually displays it in > > KB (601242787 KB) so I wonder if the extra digit has "blown its mind". > > > > Thanks for the replies, > > Greg > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:37 PM > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE and XP Home > > > > > > > Could it be that you don't have enough room on the C: drive? If you > have > > > your drive partitioned into several logical drives (C: for Windows and > > apps, > > > D: for application data, etc.), you might not have enough room on C:. I > > > have had to resize C: partitions to accomodate program installs. In > some > > > cases, it doesn't matter that you tell the install wizard to put the app > > on > > > D:, it still must install some files to C:. I know this is the case > with > > MS > > > Office 2000. Even if you tell it to install to D:, it still must put > > > several hundred MB of files on C:. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Ivan Baggett > > > Bagotronix Inc. > > > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Steve Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Greg Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Protel EDA Discussion List" > > > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:51 PM > > > Subject: RE: [PEDA] 99SE and XP Home > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I have loaded it on XP Home with no problems & it works fine (my > > home > > > system). Are you sure it said 601GB not MB? > > > > > > > > My regards, > > > > Steve Smith, C.I.D. > > > > Product Engineer > > > > > > > > Staco Energy Products Co. > > > > 301 Gaddis Boulevard. > > > > Dayton, OH 45403 > > > > Telephone: (937) 253-1191 Ext. 158 > > > > Fax: (937) 253-1723 > > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com > > > > & www.stacopower.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Olson > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:46 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: [PEDA] 99SE and XP Home > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone successfully installed 99SE on an XP Home box? I > > > > > have seen on the forum that it works ok in XP Pro but when I > > > > > try to install it the install program says it needs 601GB of > > > > > disk space (and I only have a lowly 200GB hard drive!) I know > > > > > this is an error but could it be caused by an incompatibility > > > > > with XP Home? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Greg Olson > > > > > DSX > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > > > > > > > To Post messages: > > > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > > > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > > > > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > > > > > To Post messages: > > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > > > To Post messages: > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
