Install on D:\ drive

[Anonymous]

I'm attempting to install Autodesk on the D:\ partition on my computer.

I can select the installation path and choose D:\ just fine... however, as soon as I hit install, I get an "out of disk space" error message which highlights the C:\ partition. (which is one of the reasons I want to install it on D:\).

I'm attempting to install Autodesk Inventer 2012 on a Windows 7 64b OS.

Any help?

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous 

I have no control over what Autodesk does with their installation.  I'm just a user supporting a user/public forum and passing along information to assist other users.

If you have ideas in how you want to improve the installation process then post them here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/install-update-deployment-ideas/idb-p/6016

[Anonymous]

Dear Mark Lancaster I know all this and that is why I was not happy with your answers! 1 The fact is big program CAN be installed on another drive so WHY you try to convince us that we are unreasonable demanding it? 2 You should say: it is BAD that such a big company can't do such a simple thing for YEARS. 3 Only then you should give a piece of on advice how we may try to fit this large program on small partition C: on our SSD Any other way is simply offensive for us. You were just saying that customers are wrong asking for something that any other developers are giving without even asking for it. Nowadays it is a STANDARD that you may choose where you will install your programs. Just take it as a fact and never try to convince us that we don't have the right to demand it. You are NOT helping you are offending us... BTW I uninstalled Maya today and don't plan to install it any soon. There are alternatives! Learn from this lesson and developers may learn with you ...

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous 

I never said you can't request it or users shouldn't demand it.  If you want to pass along your thoughts and make improvements I gave you the site where you can do it.  I don't work for Autodesk, not an employee of them and just an Autodesk user here volunteering my time to help other users like yourself.

Not sure why you think I'm offending you when I spend my time here leading a hand supporting other users..  I'm passing along information that may help or the reason why.   Granted you may not like my answer or responses and that's your choice but not sure how that's offending you when I have no control in what Autodesk does.   I'm just giving you the facts of the current situation.

[Anonymous]

who are you talking to?

we are not Autodesk employees & the people who make those decisions at Autodesk are not on this thread

[Anonymous]

Read carefully my post and my answer to Mark.Lancaster (Consultant). If then you can't understand it then you have a serious problem...

I am annoyed by people who are helping Autodesk and defending them even when there are no logical arguments for it.

It is INSULTING to all us users who paid for this program and aren't treated with respect by the developer and their hired forum supporters (paid or not it doesn't matter really).

Many users HAVE a REAL problem with this forced installation on C:

 drive. It is a fact!

What is the response? : "Shut up! It HAS to be that way."

Really?

Is it a proper way of dealing with an obvious disability of this program?

Take the facts that MOST of Windows programs CAN be installed on ANY drive you want! Period!

The only discussion should be WHEN developer will REPAIR their products to match such STANDARD function with nearly all windows programs nowadays...

[leowarren34]

@Anonymous

We are by no means defending or attacking Autodesk in this matter, instead we are trying to explain that it is not yet possible. It is fustrating, I know, but yelling from the top of your lungs will not help you, it is in the works as it has been requested before.

There likely is reason why it has to be on C:\\.

Please don't attack people, the people on this forum are only trying to help not troll. 

[Anonymous]

hi

So in your opinion, I am "attacking" them by stating simple facts?!

Really?

You can't change the facts. Sorry.

Tell me one thing:

What your message added to this discussion?

In my opinion not much ...

You have no facts but instead, your opinion only combined with the false accusation that I am "attacking" someone without the reason.

First:

I am NOT attacking anyone by saying plain and obvious truth supported by facts.

Second:

Those guys were attacking users who complained about super annoying aspects of forcing us to install big programs on C: drive.

Third:

You are saying that "they must be the reason" to install ALL files on C:

Really? How do you know...?

If you DON'T know so it is only your opinion and belief not supported by any facts.

If you KNOW why it is that way please TELL us. OK?

Maybe all other firms and users like myself are too stupid to understand those superb benefits and technical advantages.

[Anonymous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUUH7ipSd-8 

[Anonymous]

I ran into the same problem, and there is still no fix., out of the 30GB the program needs only 2.3 are going into 😧
What I did to reduce the amount of space needed in C: was to not instal some of the things I won't use like imperial and English data of Rumania, etc (why would that be a default download?).

[Anonymous]

This is a complete crap answer.  Many environments have a small system drive and larger drives for installs.  The installer program let's you point to a different drive but still assumes everything is being installed on C.  What incompetent programmers created this garbage?

[shadowcaster111]

Just ran into this myself

Bought a new SSD just for programs
Set it up as P drive
So now I have C (1Tb)for OS D for Data (2Tb) and P (2Tb) for programs  (all NVME)
Only to find out with autopdesk I'm wasting my time and my system is very unstable with it on P drive
now I'm going thru the clean uninstall to try and regain some stability by doing a system clean and reinstall back to C

Pissed off

[Anonymous]

First time? Been trying to avoid this for over a year, I'm broke and need to install the program for homework. I can't even afford gas let alone another drive. I have a 256GB Sata m.2 for essential programs. 500GB M.2 Sata for overflow. At the time I needed inventor, I was okay but now? Yea no thanks I'm not running 3gb free on my C drive. 

Never mind the fact that I promises a 9.4 installation size, puts random crap on my B drive (yea thats the drive letter I use) while putting 5 gb of it on B and then happily takes 25gb on my C 

I almost want to call support and ask if they were drunk or high when they created this installation method and kept it as is for an entire decade (and probably another one or two). 

[harryW4VU6]

For anyone still struggling with this (apologies for reviving a dead thread):

You can install the programs on another drive. 

if space is an issue on the C:/ drive, install them one at a time and after each is finished, delete the 4 Autodesk folders (one on the C:/ root folder, one in the program files folder, one in the program files (x86) folder, and one in the profgram data folder). 

These arent used for the program to run, they are simply a digital installation media so that you dont have to re-download all files again if you need to repair or reinstall the program. they also double the total size of each program (roughly).

when installing you are given two options for install locations. The first, should be the drive you want the program to be installed on. The second should be the C:/ drive. 

You will still need ~20gb spare on the C:/ drive for this to work, but once installed and with excess folders deleted, neccessary space on that drive is very small.

[tate_lofgreen]

This is why TBC is gaining market share.

[jporrierD2ZM8]

Finally managed to delete enough files in C:/ to allow the install to proceed. The installer insisted it needed 8.3Gb free in C:/ despite my directing it to install in D:/. After install and reboot, the files stored in C:/ by AutoDesk... only 1.3Gb. 

Fix your installer. 

[TravisNave]

The installer needs room to unpack the compressed download and use temp
space to install. So it probably needed all that space during the
installation.