Fool install programs into thinking my system drive is c:\

[Curley_Boy 0]

I'm having problems installing applications that use varients of the windows installer. The problem is that I have no c:\ partition on my system drive. Drives are set up as follows:

 

A:\ (floppy)

F:\ (physical disk) [pri master, NTFS] (XP installed on this)

G:\ (physical disk) [pri slave, Dynamic NTFS]

H:\ {CD-RW/DVD drive) [sec master]

 

Most installer programs are no problem and just accept that the machine doesn't have a C:\ partition, but as mentioned some programs that use the windows installer (eg Far cry, Nvidia detonators) refuse to install. To get round this atm I either extract the files manaually where possible or install the program on another PC and copy it across over the network.

 

Is is not possible to fool the install program into thinking f:\ is c:\ ? Or disabling the check for the drive label?

[Tomay 0]

You could rename one of your disks G: into C: in disk management.

Create a mem drive or an virtual drive.

 

Try this

 

Create a directory called "c" (for example) on your G: drive

Open a command prompt

type "subst c: g:\c"

 

open my computer and you should see a c:

 

I don't know if it will work to fool the programs.

 

Good luck