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| Thread ID: 65747 | 2006-01-29 09:55:00 | Windows/IE wants to download to E drive only | Robin S_ (86) | Press F1 |
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| 425137 | 2006-01-29 09:55:00 | On a cptr with 2 hard drives (a) master, primary partition (C:), 2x extended (D: and E:); (b) slave, 3x partitions (E:, F:, G:); Letter Assign used to assign drive letters; using Win 95B and IE 5.5 with SP2. Problem: Windoze/IE suddenly decided that all files downloaded from the net are now going to E: (which has only about 4MB free) regardless of which drive is designated in the download dialogue box and even though the destination folder selected is called Download and there is no such folder on E:. The files actually download to the designated drive and folder, but if the file is bigger than 4MB Windows/IE aborts the download with a "Drive E full" error message. Different files from different sites all have the same outcome. There is plenty of free space on all other drives. Files smaller than 4MB download properly. Has anyone else struck this problem and is there a simple cure or does it mean a Windows R and R or an IE reinstall? Which one of these controls downloads from the net ie under whose umbrella is the download dialogue box? TIA for any help offered. Edit: Don't know where the smilies came from - not requested |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 425138 | 2006-01-29 18:48:00 | Drives formatted in Fat or Fat 32 ? 4 mb is not much free space, are you able to defrag it ? Smiles can be hard to find nowerdays, take any freebies you can get. :) :) |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 425139 | 2006-01-29 19:14:00 | You have 2 E drives ? | snoopy (74) | ||
| 425140 | 2006-01-29 19:40:00 | Maybe try and see what happens if you use another browser. Also, are you able to give us a screenshot of your computer management console? | Greg (193) | ||
| 425141 | 2006-01-29 20:02:00 | re you able to give us a screenshot of your computer management console that'd be unlikely since theyr'e running win95b |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 425142 | 2006-01-29 20:04:00 | also try restart and tap F8 key while doin so.....then on the menu choose 'command prompt only' then at the c: prompt type cd windows then tap enter then type cd command then tap enter then type scandisk then tap enter then once that's run tap the X key then type scanreg /fix then tap enter hopefully this might sort out any mess . |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 425143 | 2006-01-29 22:51:00 | Oops! Blooper! The partitions on the second HDD are F: G: and H:. Both drives are partitioned in FAT 16. I didn't mention that I have used scandisk and defrag, both in Safe Mode, on all partitions. This was done immediately after one failed attempt to download to D: - I looked at E: and it was reporting 0 bytes free! Scanning and defragging gave 'all clear' reports (no drive needed defragging) but didn't immediately 'release' the 4MB on E: although this happened after I had done some other fiddling about (can't remember what did the trick). I know 4MB is not much but I wasn't trying to use it at any stage. It is Windows/IE that is trying to use it for some reason. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 425144 | 2006-01-31 22:16:00 | Thanks for the responses so far. Problem not solved. Any more offers? |
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