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Article #190857Re: UT3 Install Problem
From: GMAN
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:22
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:22
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In article <JIcRi.298$CN4.197@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, chris <c@b.a> wrote: >Folk wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:01:50 -0400, Jim <Jim@no.com> wrote: >> >>> Folk wrote on 10/15/2007 1:54 PM: >>>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:09:58 -0400, Jim <Jim@no.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I only have 2GB left on my C Drive so I choose to install on D, which >>>>> has 20GB left. >>>>> >>>>> However, the Aegis stuff still loads on C. How do I change that since it >>>>> is taking up all the space on C. >>>> You're screwed. I also chose to install to a non-standard location >>>> but still ended up with the Ageia stuff in C:\Program Files. But on >>>> my install it's "only" taking up 98 MB. >>>> >>>> You should also note that it puts the .ini files, screenshots and >>>> other detritus in your 'My Documents' folder. The .ini files and what >>>> have you are no problem, but the screenshots can add up pretty quick; >>>> especially if like me you frequently hit the F9 key accidentally. Plus >>>> demos are destined to go in the same place, so I assume any demorecs >>>> you do will also go there. But don't blame Epic. Thank Microsoft and >>>> Vista for this nonsense... >>>> >>> 98MB? That Aegis stuff sucks up 2GBB in no time. Actually, UT doesnt >>> even start to install when I run out of space. >> >> Then there's something wrong. No way a physics engine is going to use >> 2GB on install. The entire demo is using only 1GB. > >FWIW I had exactly the same problems as the OP. To begin with I had >about 980Mb free on C: ad the install dies saying there's only ~400M >free. I have my page file on a non-C: partition and installing to yet >another partition. > >The only solution for me was to clean up the C: partition until there >was ~2B free. After the install completes there's still over 1G >available - so I assume there must be temp files that are needed >initially which are deleted after it's finished. > >HTH >Chris. It also helps to defragment your hard drive.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!out01b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!xmission!nnrp.xmission!tower From: glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN) Newsgroups: alt.games.unreal.tournament Subject: Re: UT3 Install Problem Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:22:51 GMT Organization: XMission http://www.xmission.com/ Lines: 45 Message-ID: <ffaejt$qbf$1@news.xmission.com> References: <NgMQi.3837$K7.325@bignews2.bellsouth.net> <70a7h3h1ho6184saqtb881qeeqp0vmaanf@4ax.com> <4713AB0E.1060505@no.com> <f3p9h3p0ekv4kblsrr3217n9efm9saf2nj@4ax.com> <JIcRi.298$CN4.197@news-server.bigpond.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: glenzabr.dsl.xmission.com X-Trace: news.xmission.com 1192803773 26991 166.70.52.96 (19 Oct 2007 14:22:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@xmission.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:22:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Bytes: 3024 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit