Service Pack Update Fails with Not Enough Free Disk Space

ID: Q107150

The information in this article applies to:

U.S. Service Pack 1 for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

The Update program does not check for free disk space before performing the upgrade. If you have less than 5 MB of free disk space, Update may fail and leave corrupted system files. This results in not being able to start Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbother ntdistrib kbbug3.10
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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