can't install SQL Server on a partition other than c:\

Hello --
My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
e:.
During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
\... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
configured).
Can someone tell me
1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
complete SQL Server on e:?
2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
to be able to install on e:?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Larry MehlYou can't install the whole SQL Server related files into your "e:" drive.
Some files are installed to the default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server...". Generally, you can say "Common components like SSIS, Client
Components etc. will be installed to this default path"
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Ekrem Önsoy
"mehlREMOVETHIS@.cyvest.com" <mehl@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
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> Hello --
> My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> e:.
> During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
> Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> configured).
> Can someone tell me
> 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> complete SQL Server on e:?
> 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> to be able to install on e:?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Larry Mehl
>
>|||Unfortunately, that's one of the fundamentally flawed design choices that SQL
Server seems to be stuck with. It's fundamentally flawed because this forces
the system to store states on the local machine. Not being able to choose an
arbitrary drive is just a minor inconvenience in comparison.
Linchi
"mehlREMOVETHIS@.cyvest.com" wrote:
> Hello --
> My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> e:.
> During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
> Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> configured).
> Can someone tell me
> 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> complete SQL Server on e:?
> 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> to be able to install on e:?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Larry Mehl
>
>|||On May 4, 2:09 am, Ekrem =D6nsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
> You can't install the whole SQL Server related files into your "e:" drive.=
> Some files are installed to the default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft S=QL
> Server...". Generally, you can say "Common components like SSIS, Client
> Components etc. will be installed to this default path"
> --
> Ekrem =D6nsoy
> "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> news:5581b71e-f6de-4d58-833e-e931a8d5c3b3@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello --
> > My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> > e:.
> > During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
> > Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> > \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> > configured).
> > Can someone tell me
> > 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> > complete SQL Server on e:?
> > 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> > to be able to install on e:?
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > Larry Mehl
Ekrem --
Thank you.
How do I install "Common components like SSIS, Client Components
etc. ... to the default path" so that I can then install the remaining
part of SQL Server to my "e:" drive?
Do I execute the install process twice ... so that
- I first install the common components (in c:) and
- then install I install the remaining components in e: ?
Is it only the common components that cause this, or was it the
installation of other applications such as .NET, Document Explorer,
2005 Samples, Native Client, Setup Support Files, VSS Writer that
installed into c: and are consequently causing this limitation?
If I must, I will enlarge the c: partition to allow installation of
everything into c: What partition manager do you recommend for this?
I will appreciate any further information.
Larry Mehl|||You can install services and components to different paths at once.
In SQL Server Setup, click Advanced button in Components to Install window.
Click on the item and then click the Browse button to install it to a
different path in the Feature Selection window.
For example you can install Database Engine, Analysis Services, Reporting
Services to a different path, but you can't change the path of Documentation
and Samples or Client Components...
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Ekrem Önsoy
"mehlREMOVETHIS@.cyvest.com" <mehl@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
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On May 4, 2:09 am, Ekrem Önsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
> You can't install the whole SQL Server related files into your "e:" drive.
> Some files are installed to the default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> SQL
> Server...". Generally, you can say "Common components like SSIS, Client
> Components etc. will be installed to this default path"
> --
> Ekrem Önsoy
> "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> news:5581b71e-f6de-4d58-833e-e931a8d5c3b3@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello --
> > My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> > e:.
> > During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
> > Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> > \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> > configured).
> > Can someone tell me
> > 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> > complete SQL Server on e:?
> > 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> > to be able to install on e:?
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > Larry Mehl
Ekrem --
Thank you.
How do I install "Common components like SSIS, Client Components
etc. ... to the default path" so that I can then install the remaining
part of SQL Server to my "e:" drive?
Do I execute the install process twice ... so that
- I first install the common components (in c:) and
- then install I install the remaining components in e: ?
Is it only the common components that cause this, or was it the
installation of other applications such as .NET, Document Explorer,
2005 Samples, Native Client, Setup Support Files, VSS Writer that
installed into c: and are consequently causing this limitation?
If I must, I will enlarge the c: partition to allow installation of
everything into c: What partition manager do you recommend for this?
I will appreciate any further information.
Larry Mehl|||On May 4, 12:04 pm, Ekrem =D6nsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
> You can install services and components to different paths at once.
> In SQL Server Setup, click Advanced button in Components to Install window=.
> Click on the item and then click the Browse button to install it to a
> different path in the Feature Selection window.
> For example you can install Database Engine, Analysis Services, Reporting
> Services to a different path, but you can't change the path of Documentati=on
> and Samples or Client Components...
> --
> Ekrem =D6nsoy
> "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> news:24957b8a-c6ce-426e-9221-04e844f32777@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On May 4, 2:09 am, Ekrem =D6nsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
>
> > You can't install the whole SQL Server related files into your "e:" driv=e.
> > Some files are installed to the default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft=
> > SQL
> > Server...". Generally, you can say "Common components like SSIS, Client
> > Components etc. will be installed to this default path"
> > --
> > Ekrem =D6nsoy
> > "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> >news:5581b71e-f6de-4d58-833e-e931a8d5c3b3@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...=
> > > Hello --
> > > My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> > > e:.
> > > During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client=
> > > Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> > > \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> > > configured).
> > > Can someone tell me
> > > 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> > > complete SQL Server on e:?
> > > 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> > > to be able to install on e:?
> > > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > > Larry Mehl
> Ekrem --
> Thank you.
> How do I install "Common components like SSIS, Client Components
> etc. ... to the default path" so that I can then install the remaining
> part of SQL Server to my "e:" drive?
> Do I execute the install process twice ... so that
> - I first install the common components (in c:) and
> - then install I install the remaining components in e: ?
> Is it only the common components that cause this, or was it the
> installation of other applications such as .NET, Document Explorer,
> 2005 Samples, Native Client, Setup Support Files, VSS Writer that
> installed into c: and are consequently causing this limitation?
> If I must, I will enlarge the c: partition to allow installation of
> everything into c: What partition manager do you recommend for this?
> I will appreciate any further information.
> Larry Mehl
Ekrem --
Thank you for the method.
Linchi -- Thanks for responding. His response seems to conflict with
yours. What do you think?
Larry|||And just to elaborate, some of the components/items are customizable, some
are not.
Also I don't see how Linchi's reply conflicts with anything else that has
been stated in this thread.
On 5/4/08 3:04 PM, in article
6C568227-DB0D-428C-AF70-BD0AC2BE835E@.microsoft.com, "Ekrem Önsoy"
<ekrem@.compecta.com> wrote:
> You can install services and components to different paths at once.
> In SQL Server Setup, click Advanced button in Components to Install window.
> Click on the item and then click the Browse button to install it to a
> different path in the Feature Selection window.
> For example you can install Database Engine, Analysis Services, Reporting
> Services to a different path, but you can't change the path of Documentation
> and Samples or Client Components...|||To be clearer, what is the confliction do you think?
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Ekrem Önsoy
"mehlREMOVETHIS@.cyvest.com" <mehl@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
news:ef59ea4d-a2e7-4cb1-af9a-8475dc81f80f@.j9g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On May 4, 12:04 pm, Ekrem Önsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
> You can install services and components to different paths at once.
> In SQL Server Setup, click Advanced button in Components to Install
> window.
> Click on the item and then click the Browse button to install it to a
> different path in the Feature Selection window.
> For example you can install Database Engine, Analysis Services, Reporting
> Services to a different path, but you can't change the path of
> Documentation
> and Samples or Client Components...
> --
> Ekrem Önsoy
> "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> news:24957b8a-c6ce-426e-9221-04e844f32777@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On May 4, 2:09 am, Ekrem Önsoy <ek...@.compecta.com> wrote:
>
> > You can't install the whole SQL Server related files into your "e:"
> > drive.
> > Some files are installed to the default path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> > SQL
> > Server...". Generally, you can say "Common components like SSIS, Client
> > Components etc. will be installed to this default path"
> > --
> > Ekrem Önsoy
> > "mehlREMOVET...@.cyvest.com" <m...@.cyvest.com> wrote in message
> >news:5581b71e-f6de-4d58-833e-e931a8d5c3b3@.t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hello --
> > > My laptop drive is partitioned into c: and e:. I want to install on
> > > e:.
> > > During Install, in Feature Selection, when I click the icon for Client
> > > Components, the Browse button to allow an install path other than c:
> > > \... is disabled, indicating that the shared path has already been
> > > configured).
> > > Can someone tell me
> > > 1 - what I installed prior that does not allow me to install the
> > > complete SQL Server on e:?
> > > 2 - what must I uninstall and then reinstall, and, in what sequence,
> > > to be able to install on e:?
> > > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > > Larry Mehl
> Ekrem --
> Thank you.
> How do I install "Common components like SSIS, Client Components
> etc. ... to the default path" so that I can then install the remaining
> part of SQL Server to my "e:" drive?
> Do I execute the install process twice ... so that
> - I first install the common components (in c:) and
> - then install I install the remaining components in e: ?
> Is it only the common components that cause this, or was it the
> installation of other applications such as .NET, Document Explorer,
> 2005 Samples, Native Client, Setup Support Files, VSS Writer that
> installed into c: and are consequently causing this limitation?
> If I must, I will enlarge the c: partition to allow installation of
> everything into c: What partition manager do you recommend for this?
> I will appreciate any further information.
> Larry Mehl
Ekrem --
Thank you for the method.
Linchi -- Thanks for responding. His response seems to conflict with
yours. What do you think?
Larry