DocMatter opened this issue on May 03, 2002 ยท 7 posts
DocMatter posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 6:59 PM
I just installed a second hard drive on my computer with the intention of making it a dedicated Poser disk. But it doesn't seem to be working out that way. I first tried copying the Runtime directory along with all the Poser files under the "Curious Labs" directory...but when I tried running the program, Windows XP gave me an error message. I got the same message after I tried reinstalling Poser directly onto my new E drive. It all installed okay, but it won't run. Any suggestions?
CryptoPooka posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 7:51 PM
I'm trying to pick up an external for my laptop, so any answers you get will seriously come in handy. This is what I intended to use it for so I could move Poser and Bryce back and forth between my computers.
DocMatter posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 9:31 PM
Your idea worked, Ron...Thanks! Instead of zipping my Runtime folder to CDs, I copied it under another name to my new drive, then uninstalled Poser from the C drive. I then reinstalled Poser onto the new drive and recopied my Runtime folder over it. Now it works like a charm! I also added another 512 MB of RAM, so I should be one happy camper for awhile. :)
CryptoPooka posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 9:42 PM
Another 512?!?! Good Lord, I'm making do on 128 on my laptop until the next 128 chip gets here. No wonder I have to do most of my scenes by composite!
beav1 posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 10:26 PM
I've done that with several programs. If I understand you, you're not actually installing it in the system, but just placing a copy of a "preinstalled" folder there, and it'll basically run independently without interacting with the system. I had to learn to do it that way because our computers here at work balk at new program installs. Beav
ravenfeeder posted Sat, 04 May 2002 at 4:51 AM
This is one of the interesting differences between Windows machines and the Macintosh. The Mac will let you put programs (like Poser) on any disk you wish with no trouble finding it. I've worked on Windows machines enough to know that there are still areas where the Mac is much simpler to use and to navigate in. Maybe someday Bill Gates and company will get there.
PabloS posted Sat, 04 May 2002 at 7:34 AM
Hmmmm. I've moved Poser around--even made a copy of it. It launched from where ever I put it without having to uninstall/reinstall (which had also been mentioned in previous threads). And I'm on XP. BTW, The first time I did a move, I used a mover program and it changed the case of all the directories ... a major pain in the a$$ I'll tell you since Poser is case sensitive.