Cannot Access Scandisk Error During Network Install of Windows Millennium This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
This article was previously published under Q250027 SYMPTOMS
When you install Windows Millennium Edition (Me) from a network share that is longer than eight characters you receive the following error message:
Setup: Scandisk
When you click OK the message below appears:
Cannot access the file \\machinename\sharename\%install path%\scandisk.exe. Make sure the file is a valid program file and that is not in use by another program.
Windows Millennium setup: Setup does not have enough conventional memory to check your computer's hard disks. You need to free some conventional memory before continuing.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, map a network drive to the installation point or create a shortcut to the Setup.exe file, adding the following switch at the end of the command line, as in the following sample:
\\machinename\sharename\Setup.exe /is
This disables real-mode scandisk and stops it from running.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.
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