Installing Sun Java on Laptop

I removed MS Java from my XP Pro sp2 Laptop and am trying to install JRE 1.4.2_06. I used Arie's method of removal.

I have downloaded the EXE from Sun (3 times) and tried to install it each time with the same results.

"Error 1327.Invalid Drive: H:/ "

I do not have an H drive. The error explained from Sun Micro is something to do with the windows installer.

My laptop is configured with drives C,D,E,F on the HDD and Z is my Cd drive. Also have "Mobile Device" in the tree for plugging in one of those key chain drives. It is not plugged in at this time.

Anyone experience similar problems?

 

Bill,
looks to be a fairly common error 1327. One solution I found was to login as the administrator (a different admin account from your usual), or create a new account with admin priviledges and install from there. Something to do with a wrong path associated with a my documents folder?

Other fixes below.

HTH

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282183
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=14&start=45&range=15

 

Paul

Thank you very much for the links. They helped in the sense that it made me think more.

They were all talking about a network drive which I don't have but I did remember that I had changed my CD drive letter to Z: and the plug in drives would become G: and H:.

I didn't have the plug in drives as this is my sister's Laptop so I changed the CD drive letter back to H: and the installation went as advertised.

Everything is OK now.