Re: failed to complete installation message

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antioch wrote:

"GHalleck" <ghalleck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uPrr4eHxGHA.4300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

RoS wrote:


Well the message would seem to be XP rather than FSX related. And although there IS much discussion about FSX on the other group as you mention, the fact is that many people do seem actually to have downloaded AND to have got the thing running. I haven't; it did go onto an XP OS on a PC with sufficient grunt to handle it and with the necessary space; I'd like to know why.

So the question remains; what could have caused the error message I have received, what does the particular message I refer to mean, and is there a way can get this app up and running?

Comments - of the constructive variety - welcomed. Others not required.

RoS

The only relevance to Windows XP is the reason why the install
failed. And it was pretty obvious. Just how much space do you
have left on Drive C? IOW, if Microsoft says 15 GB on Drive C,
then it really meant 15 GB on Drive C unless you know how to
re-write the demo's installation file. Understand the fact that
Microsoft's programmers know of only one hard drive partition
and that is Drive C unless the program has custom installation
to allow the user to select a different location. And although
the installation was "complete", its final copying to the HD
was probably aborted due to insufficient HD space, taking into
account the overhead demanded of Drive C


Hi G.H.
I cant see that this 50 minute demo requires 15GB HHD.
The download demo is 636MB.
The finished version is 14GB HHD.
Have I missed something - I can find nothing in relation to this demo that says anything about system requirements.
Antioch



Who knows what garbage Microsoft is putting into the demo or
the game that Microsoft is playing. All I can think of is that
there might be a lot of video overlays and 14GB is not quite
the size of a 2-disc DVD set. There could be a missing decimal
point...like 1.4 GB or 1.5 GB.
.

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