DOCUMENT:Q163427 08-NOV-2001 [homekids] TITLE :Magic School Bus: Installing to a Removable Drive PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Kids Products PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsetup kbusage ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Human Body for Windows, version 1.0 - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores Inside the Earth for Windows, version 1.0 - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs for Windows, version 1.0 - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Ocean for Windows, version 1.0 - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Solar System for Windows, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The Magic School Bus (MSB) titles are not designed to run from a removable drive. The program may appear to install properly to a removable drive, but you receive the following message when you attempt to start the program: Program must reside on your hard drive. MORE INFORMATION ================ MSB Human Body and MSB Solar System will launch from an installation on a removable drive, but MSB Ocean, MSB Earth, and MSB Dinosaurs will not. These programs were designed to run from an installation to a physical hard drive with the compact disc inserted in the CD-ROM drive. These programs were not designed to run from any other media source. It is possible to set your hard drive to be "removeable". To determine whether this option is selected and/or to select it, do the following: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the System icon in Control Panel. 3. On the Device Manager tab, click the plus (+) sign next to Disk Drives. 4. Select the item that describes your hard disk (i.e., GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE38), and then click the Properties button. 5. Click the Settings tab and verify that the Removable check box is not selected. 6. Click OK. Restart the computer when prompted. Additional query words: kids mskids msb msbhb msbss frizz kbmm multimedia multi-media multi media msbdino msbdinos msbearth msbhuman msbsolar body external ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsetup kbusage Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbScholasticHuman kbScholasticOcean kbScholasticSolar kbScholasticDinosaurs kbScholasticEarth kbMSBSearch Version : WINDOWS:1.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.