install Sophos EC 4.5 to D: partition

Question

Attempting a fresh install of EC 4.5 on a W2003 server. Installed pre-req SQL Server 2008 Express before running 4.5\setup.exe..

C:\ - only has 500MB Free

D:\ - has 41GB

SQL Express installed to D:\Program Files

Ran setup.exe to install EC 4.5, selected D:\Program Files\Sophos as install directory - however on selecting Complete then Next - an Out of disk space dialog is appearing as 1. EC is trying to install SQL Express, 2. trying to install SQL and EC to C: and not D:\Program Files\Sophos as stated earlier.

How can I get EC to install to D: ??

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ruckus · Accepted Answer

Regarding installing to the D:\ drive - our installer will put the files wherever...

Start | Run | Type: %programfiles% | Press return

...goes to.

You could run the SQL Express installer separately (to the console installer) and attempt to install a new SQL instance named SOPHOS. To do this: Browse to the extraction location of the console installer and find the SQL folder. Run that installer and basically click "Next" to most things. The only screens of interest are: Make sure you uncheck the "Hide Advanced Configuration" option when you see it and when prompted for an instance name enter SOPHOS. This will break down the install and show if the Microsoft SQL Express installer is causing the problem - and if it gets installed to the D:\ drive now you have set the registry value.

If you successfully install a SOPHOS instance, on the correct drive, you can run the Setup.exe for the console, change the location to D:\ and it will also pick up on the existing SQL instance called SOPHOS and use that.

If you're still having problem...You can remove the check our setup.exe file does regarding SQL and disk space. Can you try...

Open a command prompt and browse to the extraction location of the main setup.exe for the Console installer Default location: C:\sec_4x\ServerInstaller\ 
 Type... setup.exe /reducecost 
 Type... setup.exe 
 
 The installer will now ignore the disk size check for SQL Express when installing. :15721