not enough space to temp install files

[liquidflesh]

I have seen this post in a few differant spots but never an answer that works. im tring to upgrade a computer with vista premium to 7 ultimate. Ever time it tells me that there is not enough space for the temp install files. there is over 60gb of free harddrive space. i have ran system cleanup, defrag, i have deleted all the temp files i can find and still the same thing.

please dont tell me to just do a clean install as this is not an option for this computer.

i have spent the last 5 hrs searching for a solution, and everyone i have found doesnt work.

does anbody know a solution that does.

thanks

edit: i did not mean to type xp. the computer is running vista

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello liquidflesh, welcome to Seven Forums!





There is no straight upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7, I have seen some recommend a third party SW that will do it but I have no first-hand knowledge if it's a safe method to use or if you will lose data in the process.

How's that, I didn't say that a clean install is the only way, not in so many words anyway.

 

[liquidflesh]

i didn't mean to type xp, it is running vista.

thanks and thanks for the welcome

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

That's different, though before we make any specific recommendations will you please post a snip/screen-shot of the entire disk management drive map with a full description as to which drive/partition is which, so we can see what you have going on as there may be a fairly simple way to resolve the situation.

In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a snip of that.

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[liquidflesh]

here is the screen shot

 

[liquidflesh]

today is not my day. i will get the right picture up in a sec

ok. that is the right thing. why is the harddrive not listed??

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

That just shows an Optical Disk Drive (DVD-ROM) and doesn't detect a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that's the issue, the Windows installer in not detecting a HDD to do the upgrade to.



Where's the HDD? :roflmao:

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

today is not my day. i will get the right picture up in a sec

That's what I wanted but it doesn't show a HDD being detected by Windows Vista.

 

[liquidflesh]

good question. windows loads just fine. everthing runs just fine. what would cause that?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Sorry mate, I didn't mean to make light of your situation.



Is the BIOS detecting the HDD?

Take the installer disk out before you do anything.

 

[liquidflesh]

Yes. i can see it in bios. I just read a post that a trojan could cause that problem. Im gonna see if i can fix it that way. ill post again in a few.

thanks for the help so far

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Here is an excellent scanner, at the link below, download and install the free version and then run a full scan.



Malwarebytes Free Virus Scanner

 

[liquidflesh]

i ran trojan remover and it found nothing. ill tr the other one in a few minutes. Im running chkdsk right now. Im not sure what is going on. everything works fine, i can see the hard drive in explorer, and can use it, install, un-install. but it wont show up in disk managment

 

[liquidflesh]

update. the laptop is an hp dv4t. the bois doesn't really show anything. but like i said before everything boots fine. i just can't see it in disk management

 

[liquidflesh]

update again. i install the malwarebytes, and it will not open. not matter how i tr to run it, it wont open. but if i click the file for the uninstall, which is in the same folder as the exe it runs and uninstalls it. i just d/l and installed trojan remover and it ran fine. it didn't find anything but it still ran.

ARG

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I didn't want you to feel ignored but I'm in the middle of some things so I'm not much help right now, keep checking back as someone will help you when they're able.

 

[liquidflesh]

no worries. thanks for the help so far. I'll check back later

 

[liquidflesh]

anymore ideas?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Check all the connections at the HDD and the motherboard.

 

[liquidflesh]

all good. i finally got malwarebtes to run but only after i changed the name of the exe. and it still didn't find anthing. still can't find the hd in DM, and i have noticed now that evertime i do a google search and click on the link, i get redirected to a random site.

who remembers the scene from office space with the printer......oh yeah