Changing Windows XP update download target drive?

[Guest Ian Hayes]

I have a friend who has a laptop with two hard drives: an 80MB 'C' drive and

a 5MB 'D' drive. Currently there is plenty of free space on the 'C' drive

and zero free space on the 'D' drive.

 

For some reason when the Windows Update process is run it is trying to

download and store files onto the 'D' drive. As there is no free space on

the 'D' drive the Update process fails with an error. How and where can I

change the target drive so that Windows Update uses drive 'C' instead?

 

I've checked all the environment variables and they all point to drive C.

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Changing Windows XP update download target drive?

 

On Oct 7, 5:44 pm, "Ian Hayes" <dav...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> I have a friend who has a laptop with two hard drives: an 80MB 'C' drive and

> a 5MB 'D' drive. Currently there is plenty of free space on the 'C' drive

> and zero free space on the 'D' drive.

>

> For some reason when the Windows Update process is run it is trying to

> download and store files onto the 'D' drive. As there is no free space on

> the 'D' drive the Update process fails with an error.  How and where can I

> change the target drive so that Windows Update uses drive 'C' instead?

>

> I've checked all the environment variables and they all point to drive C.

 

Where is the "Windows" and "Program Files" folder stored? The Windows

Update seem to follow these folders.

[Guest MowGreen [MVP]]

Re: Changing Windows XP update download target drive?

 

80 GB or 80 MB ? There's a *huge difference, Ian. <w>

WU is supposed to use the drive with the greatest free space available

for the storeage, unpacking, and installation of updates.

AFAIK, the only setting in the registry for WU refers to the location of

the Event Cache, not where the updates are downloaded to.

 

With hidden files, folders, and system files showing

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html#winxp

 

navigate to WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution. [* Which drive is

WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution located on ? *]

 

Open the Download subfolder and post back with the number of files

present and what their total size is, please.

Do the same for the Event Cache subfolder.

Also, open the DataStore subfolder.

What is the size of DataStore.edb ?

 

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]

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Ian Hayes wrote:

> I have a friend who has a laptop with two hard drives: an 80MB 'C' drive

> and a 5MB 'D' drive. Currently there is plenty of free space on the 'C'

> drive and zero free space on the 'D' drive.

>

> For some reason when the Windows Update process is run it is trying to

> download and store files onto the 'D' drive. As there is no free space

> on the 'D' drive the Update process fails with an error. How and where

> can I change the target drive so that Windows Update uses drive 'C'

> instead?

>

> I've checked all the environment variables and they all point to drive C.

>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Changing Windows XP update download target drive?

 

[All that crossposting and you omitted microsoft.public.windowsupdate

newsgroup?]

 

Ian Hayes wrote:

> I have a friend who has a laptop with two hard drives: an 80MB 'C' drive

> and

> a 5MB 'D' drive. Currently there is plenty of free space on the 'C' drive

> and zero free space on the 'D' drive.

>

> For some reason when the Windows Update process is run it is trying to

> download and store files onto the 'D' drive. As there is no free space on

> the 'D' drive the Update process fails with an error. How and where can I

> change the target drive so that Windows Update uses drive 'C' instead?

>

> I've checked all the environment variables and they all point to drive C.