There is not enough memory to install this application

After replacing a 40 GB HD by an 80 GB HD, Windows ME and Office 2000
started having problems. So I thought of re-installing the two with the help
of the original installation CDs. But right at the start of the installation
process, both give me this error message saying "there is not enough memory
to install", when in fact more than 60 GB on the new HD are free.

What does this error message mean and how to solve this problem? Thanks for
any help anyone can give,

P. Jayant

How were you trying to reinstall Win Me? What was the exact error message
including the SU number please, for example SU0410? Similarly how were you
reinstalling Office 2000?

BTW memory normally has nothing to do with the amount of hard disk space you
have installed and available on your PC.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



P. Jayant wrote:

After replacing a 40 GB HD by an 80 GB HD, Windows ME and Office 2000
started having problems. So I thought of re-installing the two with the
help of the original installation CDs. But right at the start of the
installation process, both give me this error message saying "there is
not enough memory to install", when in fact more than 60 GB on the new HD
are free.

What does this error message mean and how to solve this problem? Thanks
for any help anyone can give,

P. Jayant

Placed the installation CD in the CD Rom drive and waited for the usual
message asking whether I want to upgrade, repair or make a fresh install
ME. Instead of any of those options, I got the error message. I have not
noted the Error no, but I shall do so, now.

RAM is 1024 MB DDR

P. Jayant

I tried once again to re-install Win ME just to find if there was a number
for the error message. But there is none.

P. Jayant

RAM is 1024 MB DDR

Well that's your problem then. Drop your memory down to 512MB, install Win
Me, edit system.ini as explained below. Power down, add back the other 512MB
of memory and you should now be OK.

Win Me like all other Win 9x operating systems can support up to 2GB subject
to a number of a number of caveats and exceptions details of which are
contained in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles with the first
essential reading where more than 512MB of memory is installed. Note though
that many motherboards have a much lower limit as to the amount of memory that
can be installed.

For more details see:
MS KB 253912 - ""Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM
Installed" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=253912). The reason is that
allocating more than 512MB of RAM to vcache will exhaust all available upper
memory addresses and thus prevent them being used for other purposes. This
problem is easily fixed as follows:
To limit vcache, open system.ini and add the lines
[VCache]
MaxFileCache=512000
Note that this will still mean that all memory is available to applications
but is simply limiting the amount used as virtual cache memory.

MS KB 296773 - "Computer May Not Hibernate with More Than 192 MB of Memory"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=296773). This makes reference to an
updated file vmm.vxd. Contact Microsoft, explain the problem, and mention
296773 and you should be given details of how to obtain the patch and the
password of the day. Note that there should be no support charge for this
call other than for any telecom charges incurred in ringing Microsoft.

MS KB 304943 - "Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of
RAM" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=304943).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



P. Jayant wrote:

Placed the installation CD in the CD Rom drive and waited for the usual
message asking whether I want to upgrade, repair or make a fresh install
ME. Instead of any of those options, I got the error message. I have not
noted the Error no, but I shall do so, now.

RAM is 1024 MB DDR

P. Jayant