Thanks Gerry No its not my problem, its on the computer that had the drive problem. The prog referred to is PhotoStudio v2 by Arcsoft which came with a scanner. The hard drive is showing as 33.9 GB free. However the prog is referring to win 3.1 so that could be the problem. Is there a way round it. Also since reinstallation DOS based progs do not work on his computer though they did before. Thanks John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:02 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: re Drive Problem > At 01:30 AM 10/19/01 +0100, jfisher wrote the following: > > >When attempting to install a programme the message > >"insufficient memory or disk space" comes up > >I am told both are OK so can anyone help out here please. > > You are told both are OK by whom? Is this your problem or someone else's? > Did you Click on MyComputer; Right click on C, select properties, then check > Is free space > than that required for the program installation? > > Check the Windows temporary folder for any leftover files. Usually, you can > delete anything in the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder not dated as of today. > > Running out of memory almost always happens when > 1. You try to run a program that is bigger than the memory you have > available, or > 2. You are already running a program and then try to run another at the > same time > Close all application programs when doing the install, this will maximize > available memory > > Using disk compression results in this message also. That is, the > compressed drive must be decompressed and space found to allow for > installation of the new program. However, when the drive is decompressed > the space isn't available. In Windows 98 DriveSpace usually tells you this > with a drive space error message. > > You can also get this message when trying to install a program written for > another operating system. Like a Windows 3.1 program under Windows 95 or > OS/2 program under Win 98, or DOS program under Win 9x, etc. > > Did you check the web site of the software developer for FAQs, help files, > install files, Q&A, etc.? > -- > Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
