install msde other drive

cfisher440

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Is there any way to install MSDE 2000 on a drive other than your system volume.
I wan to install it on the D drive (my OS is on the C drive). MSDE automatically puts itself on the C drive.

Does anybody know if you can install MSDE 2000 on the D drive?
 
Does anybody know if you can install MSDE 2000 on the D drive?
This is a VB.NET-specific forum. Please limit your questions to VB.NET-related topics. This question would not be suitable even in the Data Access forums. If you want to know how to install MSDE then read the documentation available from the MSDE download page.
 
You're right

You're right, probably shouldn't have posted it, but needed the help.
Figured it out anyways.

I took the setup.ini file and put the following into it
[Options]
INSTANCENAME="HOMEPC"
TARGETDIR="D:\TARGETDIR"
DATADIR="D:\DATADIR"

Of course, the targetdir and datadir doesn't have to be on the root of the drive, I just put it their as part of my experiment.

Then when I did the setup from the command prompt it looked like this

setup /setup "setup.ini" SAPWD="MYPASSWORD"

That did it :)
 
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