cannot install security patches on xp...

I allways tell my customers to make sure they have the most up to date security patches from microsoft.


however, I have none of them
why?
well...when I was moving from one HD to another, somehow I accidently put a very small (20meg?..or was it 8meg?) partition on the front.
I did not notice until after I had moved everything over and came to installing windows.....

now, I have it as....

c = 8m
(rest of partitions in uber partition)
-d=55g
-e=10g
-f=10g
-g=5g

windows is on drive d, files on drive e, images on drive f, and fixed swap file on g

it worked ok, so I thought..fine, no problem

then I tried to get the security updates...
first one to start was SP1....which only downloads into drive c:, no matter where you installed windows...and I have no space in drive c to put it....


I cannot repartition..(cant remember the error) so can I force the updater to use a different partition?

many thanks in advance.

go here. download the network install. you can put it anywere you want even a cd. Its an exicutble

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...1/default.mspx

Can u use partition magic to allocate more space in C?

Partition Magic:
set up the disc as you want it. It will even show you what the new config will appear as before you press 'enter'

http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/8/13-8-2.shtml

link to the site for a FREE trial.

Seeing how you can't repartition your drive you could try doing the following. this may or may not work for you but if you are willing to take the risk click on the link below.
http://www.petri.co.il/change_system...windows_xp.htm

ok, with the partitions, well I have tried a number of tools and failed, so I cannot do that.

I just tried the network install version, but that still demanded 25 megs more space on drive c.


as for the other one....I am nervose about trying that....

i also have problems when i instal updates and do a reboot it wont load up anymore so i have to go back to the last good config anyone know whats whit that ?

have u tried system restore?

The Texan,
System Restore cannot restore partitions. It isn't a disk imaging software. I'd say try Partition Magic. If that doesn't work, back up everything on a spare hard disk and fdisk off a Linux CD.

Cheers,
cgkanchi

I think The Texan was answering st1mpy's question.. I would ask which of the updates has caused this problem.. you can install them one at a time lill you find the dodgy one.. (BTW: I hate using the device drivers tha MS update supplies)

As for KingofDerby .. Partition magic.. should do the trick
.. it will probably be a 2 or 3 stage operation.. shrink d first, then try enlarging C.. while merging c and d would be best.. I suspect you may have problems ( I have done it wheen c was the active boot partition.. but not with D: )

Not much else I can say to help sry


Cheers

Hm...
I often use multipartition (sometimes multiboot) systems. Most of the time W2k/XP is on D, E or even once on L partition... never had any problems with updates. Once I made my C partition very small size (20 MB) and it all worked fine.
When I apply SPs on W2k or WinXP it makes temporary folder on partition with biggest free space.
There are also switches that instruct where to unpack the files. but for this one you have to start SP from command prompt.
Also, it would be wise to check out your TEMP and TMP envirement variables.

There is a known problem with installing service pack on a machine when the first drive is less than 30 MB.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;326583

This article explains that for xp you have to have 30 mb on the first (c:) partition because it contains these files Ntldr, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com files


though there is not a article in their knowledge base for this issue on xp but the same thinng can happen on 2000 and here is the article for that which the resolution should probly be about the same.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000


You will want to extract the files from the network serive pack from the command prompt with the /x . once extracted copy the files from that folder to the c: drive manualy. (Ntldr, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com) Then from the folder that you unpacked the files to run update.exe and it should work.

Blah. I didn't notice you were on xp. Right click on my computer>manage>diskmanagement>right click on a drive and it says change drive letter and path.

I will try a repartition again so I can find out the error, an post it here.

Just do what I said and change the first drive to k:/
Then change the second drive to c:/ and see if that works.
Before you do anything else. Don't forget to back up your data before you do any of this though.

sorry, when I repleyed, I did not see that there was another page of replys..when I get hoem I will try those hings.

about re assigning drive letters...I did try that once (admitadly, not through the tool you mentioned) but that meant I was not able to boot.

How did you do it then?