Service Pack 3 Setup Error on a Mac   

I am trying to update my Win XP to SP3 on my macbook pro and it begins the 
installation a few minutes in i get the message, "There is not enough disk 
space on C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ to install Service Pack 3.  
Setup requires a minimum of 4 additional megabytes of free space or if you 
also want to archive the files for uninstallation, Setup requires 4 
additional megabytes of free space.  Free additional space on your hard disk 
and then try again."  I have plenty of space on my harddrive, over 45gb, and 
windows keeps trying to install sp3. Any ideas?

date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:32:00 -0700   author:   Thorn88

RE: Service Pack 3 Setup Error on a Mac   

I have exactly the same issue on the Windows partition of my  Mac  mini. 12 
GB of space is free, and I get the same error. Advice fro MicroSoft's 
documents have not been helpful.

"Thorn88" wrote:

> I am trying to update my Win XP to SP3 on my macbook pro and it begins the 
> installation a few minutes in i get the message, "There is not enough disk 
> space on C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ to install Service Pack 3.  
> Setup requires a minimum of 4 additional megabytes of free space or if you 
> also want to archive the files for uninstallation, Setup requires 4 
> additional megabytes of free space.  Free additional space on your hard disk 
> and then try again."  I have plenty of space on my harddrive, over 45gb, and 
> windows keeps trying to install sp3. Any ideas?

date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:25:00 -0700   author:   JiminBeijing

RE: Service Pack 3 Setup Error on a Mac   

To avoid this, manually create a necessary registry key as follows:

To create the registry key

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

Locate and then click the following registry subkey: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

On the Edit menu, point to New, and click String Value.

In the text box under the Name column, type BootDir and press ENTER.

Right-click the name BootDir, and then click Modify.

In the Edit String Value dialog box, type the drive letter for your system 
drive, and then click OK. For example, if your system drive is C:, type C:\.

Close Registry Editor.

After you have created this registry key (or if you created this key when 
you installed a previous version of this Service Pack), you can proceed with 
the installation.

date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:38:01 -0700   author:   Ben

RE: Service Pack 3 Setup Error on a Mac   

Hi Thorn88.

Go to this position in your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Here you add a new string value called BootDir and assign it the value "C:\"

This should fix your problem.

Best regards

"Thorn88" wrote:

> I am trying to update my Win XP to SP3 on my macbook pro and it begins the 
> installation a few minutes in i get the message, "There is not enough disk 
> space on C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ to install Service Pack 3.  
> Setup requires a minimum of 4 additional megabytes of free space or if you 
> also want to archive the files for uninstallation, Setup requires 4 
> additional megabytes of free space.  Free additional space on your hard disk 
> and then try again."  I have plenty of space on my harddrive, over 45gb, and 
> windows keeps trying to install sp3. Any ideas?

date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:33:00 -0700   author:   David Bue Pedersen David Bue