Error “There is not enough disk space” when installing SP3

Winsockfix… Thank you!! Your fix worked perfectly. I am running XP Home Edition on a MacBook Pro with Bootcamp. I only found one other post on this error and that was not helpful. So, I very much appreciate your effort in posting what I needed. Cheers!!!

I too could not install SP3 on a MacBook running boot camp. Bu t this tip did the trick! Thanks.

Sweet, this worked on my macbook. Thanks!

WOW!!!! That was cool thank you.

worked great , thanks!

Worked perfectly on my MacBook. Didn’t even need to reboot before trying again. Thanks!

Thank you. Worked perfectly…

I get the feeling from previous posts that this is a Macbook, rather than a general Mac problem. Anyways, worked fine. things for the tip.

Had this problem on my iMac, this seemed to do the trick. Thank you for sharing!

brilliant man. Thanks so much for the advice. worked like a charm

Worked great on my MacBook Pro.

Thanks

Worked great on MacBook Air. Thanks!

Thank you so much. Your advice worked a treat!!

This fixed the problem on my Macbook. Thanks!

Couldn’t get SP3 to install in Boot Camp on my iMac but your tutorial worked like a charm! That really tells you something when a product won’t even work right with Apple hardware!

Awesome! Worked Great…

Awesome man, thx.

WONDERFUL!!!. It worked fine on my MacBook . Thanks!

Very nice little fix, used it to install sp2 on my macbook. Couldn’t find my Windows XP Pro SP2 installation disc

Yes! Thank you! I even downloaded SP2 and converted my disk to NTFS, thinking maybe that was the problem.

Updating as I type. Thanx!!

Thanks so much! This stumped me for several weeks and I just kept ignoring the update because I knew it wouldn’t work. This fixed it!

worked on my macbook pro………….thank you very much

\o/ Thanks man!

Just what was needed in Boot Camp.

Brilliant. Thank the gods for the google…

Thanks buddy.And Thanks to Google.

Worked great. Thanks a million!

Worked on my macbook. Thank you kindly.

I stumbled upon the same problem. After several failed attempts, I decided to run Apple Software Update and it eventually updated the Boot Camp that was installed on Windows XP. While it was downloading the updates, I found this post about editing the registry. After the updated Boot Camp was installed , I went to the registry and saw that the registry was already updated.

Seems like Apple found this site and fixed it themselves. Would a typical user think to update Boot Camp on the Windows end?

Thank you! It’s working perfect in my MacMini!!!

Worked like a charm!

Had this problem on my iMac.
BEAUTIFUL solution, pure poetry.
Thank you for sharing!

Thanks, work perfect on Macbook Pro. Respect.

Perfect!!!

Thanks so much worked like a charm!

Ran into this on my MacBook, thanks for the fix!

Ran this on MacBookPro. It fixed it. Amazing!! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks

I can’t get the bootcamp installed on my Windows 2003 server. Any hints from one of you?

Already thanks.

Regards,
Robbert

Can anyone who has it worked on a MacMini send me the Bootcamp software for Windows? I got the Windows 2003 installed and even SP2 but get the error when running the bootcamp installer. Error message something like “XP SP2 or Vista needed”.

Worked like a charm. Thanks.

Sweet!!!!

Sorted!

Thanks I’ve now managed to install SP3.

Thank you so much!

Fantastic! My brother had been trying to this for a week and I’m not a MAC person so I was stumped. Thanks to your site (and Google!) for getting this out there. Worked like a charm!!

Lynn

This registry fix was one of the ideas suggested by MS support, but it still did not remedy the problem.

Worked perfect! Thanks a lot!

Worked perfectly. Many thanks.

Thank you so much, worked brilliantly!!!!!!

thanks , finally somethinf to get me out of that mess

hey thnx a lot…..did everything but this finally worked !!!!

I am in a foreign land when I’n dealing with Windows. Thanks for your help. I now have Service Pack 3 on my MacBook Pro. Thank you.

MERCI beaucoup,
Excellent travail.
(MBP 17 Bootcamp)

Worked as a charm! Thank you so very much for sharing this information! You made my day!

This worked- thank you so much…

Thanks! Worked awesomely!

Yes, it works on an IMac. Only tried installing Windows XP 3 times before checking the Internet for a solution.

Thanks for this

Awesome fix. Thanks

Great fix!

oauouououououou!!!! this post is extremely helpful to a mac-newbie!!! ????????? ????!!!!

Once again, thank you for sharing this tip! It worked great on my MBP.

This worked once i figured out right click meant to go to the menu bar to click on edit since i only use the mac pro touch pad.

This needs to be added to the mac boot camp instructions.

Dude, you are better than the Knuckleheads of microsoft.
Thanks.

your tip is still out there helping people like me. thanks!!

AWESOME!
Worked for install, and it may be my imaginination but I think the whole machine is working smoother now.
Sweeeeet.

Thank you, worked!!!!!!!

Thanks for the tips, it works here too. Where do you find this information (MS source for example) ?

Thanks for this info. It worked

Thanks for this!!! Finaly I instal SP3 on WinXP at MacBook/Boot Camp.

Thanks many times…

Brilliant!

You da man!!

you are a total legend, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It work….Thanks…
Brilliant !!!!

You are the BEST…..

thanks.

Perfect

youre a genius, great, many thanks!!

yessssssssssssssssssssss

Wow! I was sure there was something wrong with my installation, but boy was this an unecpected workaround. Thanks a bunch!

Fix this problem on my AMD HP laptop..Big time thanks!

you are amazing.
many thanks

Great fix! Worked like on charm on my MacMini with Bootcamp. The ONLY Post I have found that worked! Thanks again.

Thanks so much!

Another MacBook installed SP 3 NO PROBLEM!

Gracias

Just wanted to add my own “thanks” to the very long list here.

Couldn’t figure out for the life of me wth windows was complaining about – I had bootcamp set up a 32GB partition on my macbook, and most of it is still empty. Punched in “Windows XP SP3 out of space” into the mysterious google machine which pointed the way to your post.

Installing SP3 now, thanks!

You are Greatttttttttt Its working good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Works for me too!

You are the MAN! This worked great and saved me from having to buy a PC or another copy of windows!

Thank you! it worked on my iMac

WOW THIS WORKED PERFECT THANKS

AWESOME! Thank you so much! This worked like a charm on my new MacBook.

Hey Thanks! You just got me a client! But anyone knows what does this do?

(Sorry for my bad english)

This workaround is unnecessary, download the Bootcamp 2.1 update BEFORE you install SP3. http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

Not doing this means you are risking instability.

It helped. thanks a lot.

I took this advice and applied it to my Windows PC and it worked. I have tried finding info to fix this problem all day. Why oh why didn’t I think of checking with a mac user first. With 3 other machines (all macs) here at the Inn, I’ll be glad for the day when I can dump this one problem child.

It worked for me also.
Just great,
thanks

Confirmed working through Parallels 3.0-5608 running a boot camp installation of Windows XP SP2 on a Mac Pro!

I get the same error message, but I am using an HP Pavilion mx 70 with XP SP2 installed. Any help would be appreciated.
(I installed a new hard drive, 80 GB, so there is plenty of hard drive space available.)

I love you

YOU SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH, if at all possibly if would take you out to a nice fancy dinner and a movie…but alas…it was not meant to be

BUT THANK YOU SOO MUCH

Thanks mate, worked a treat!

Worked for me too, what a legend!

I had previously used NLITE to integrate SP3 on my XP PRO SP2 disk… now I guess I would not need that. You simply know your way around MS bro… Thanks for Sharing! Cheers!

its amazing how simple the problem is, stupid microsoft

Thank you. Worked a treat!

thx, man!

THANK YOU THANK YOU. Saved my life. This worked wonderfully. Works for SP2 also!!! thanks thanks thanks

Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I’ve been trying for almost an hour and the information on the MS site didn’t help.

I’m also running Win XP on a Macbook via Bootcamp. I’m so glad to get this over with.

Exactly what I was looking for… cheers. Shocked that this is the only place online I could find such a solution…

Just loaded Windows XP Professional via Bootcamp and had the same problem installing SP2. This worked perfectly!!
THANKS & KUDOS

After hours wasted this tip worked… this is one more example of why i have a Mac. it is all about TIME.
“money comes and goes, but Time just goes”© is what i haved said for years to my clients… Windoze is sucking the life and the time out of our companies and our lifes. If only we didn’t have to use the PC for a few things!!!!!!! Ian.

Thanks,
I am suprised this fix isnt included in a bootcamp update or somthing.
So easy to fix yet critical.

Wow. Nice. I just ran into this issue on my Mac Pro, and this worked out well. I’m glad I found it so fast.

Just FYI, the account I used to create the Bootcamp partition had been transferred to the Pro from my older Macbook Pro. Not sure if that figures into the equation, but just in case…

Awesome. Worked like a charm. Thank you for sharing.

thanks was going crazy to figure this out worked great

Help! entering this fix ok up until I came to #4. “Name it as “BootDir” and set its value to “C:\” For the life of me I cannot seem to set its value to “C:\” I enter the Boot Dir as the name, but how do I set it’s value?

Okay, so a dumb Windows user figured it; press ENTER after inserting BootDir (to give dialog box for value to be inserted)!!!!!

Am astonished that Apple and/or MS have not announced this problem and that I have had to search the web for a solution. I just think that is soooo bad. Shame on both companies. And to Comment by Alex on June 21, 2008 @ 7:10 pm: updating the software on my iMac did not do the regedit.

Service Pack 3 now loaded okay. Still annoyed that having paid Apple $2600 for an iMac – complete with much heralded Boot Camp software – MSoft $174 for Windows XP and Amazon $30 for Dead Space (for Windows) game, I am forced to go through this monstrous loop to get the thing to work properly. And that no mention of the problem is made on either site! And then to find that SP3 doesn’t help equally monstrous Dead Space controllability one ****ing iota – and that Electronic Arts don’t even recognize there is a problem!

Worked perfectly on an iMac… didn’t even need to reboot before retrying Thanks!

Great fix, works a treat. Thanks

worked perfectly on my 2006 imac with xp pro
thanks

This is great tip…works exactly the way it is supposed to

WHAT ARE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT?!?! I DID EVERYTHING IT SAID AND MINE STILL WONT INSTALL…Just kidding it works great thanks.

Wow.. Totally worked like a charm! I was expecting hours and hours of frustration, but all done already!

Thanks.

Mac-users: Boot Camp 2.1 is required *BEFORE* installing SP3.

Should you have any problems in installing Boot Camp update, see my post at MacRumor.com for additional details:

Sorry to duplicate, but the referenced URL was omitted…

Mac-users: Boot Camp 2.1 is required *BEFORE* installing SP3.

Should you have any problems in installing Boot Camp update, see my post at MacRumor.com for additional details:

Duplicating the forum post here:
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- Originally Posted by BananaEater:
“Lot’s of people have problems with the update. Me included.

This worked for me:

1) run: regedit.exe

2) search for: Boot Camp Services
the key should be: ProductName

3) change in the same path, the Language key to: 1033

4) run the installer again”

In addition to these instructions, any non-US / non-english users, please be advised that registry item “Boot Camp Services” may not exist in your system. The item name is country-specific – even on english Windows.

Therefore, instead of searching for “Boot Camp Services” in Windows registry, search for “Boot Camp” only. The “Services” part is e.g. in my system “Palvelut” (finnish for ’services’.)

By searching for “Boot Camp”, you will locate the correct registry item easily (notwithstanding what ‘Services’ is in your language) and you can change the Language key to 409 (Hex) or 1033 (decimal).

Now the BCUpdateXP.exe (V2.1) will launch correctly and do its stuff…

I have submitted this to Apple as a Boot Camp bug. Hopefully they fix this on the next release.
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Trying the URL here one more time…
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=7781837#post7781837

I had this exact problem – but ON A PC not a mac/boot camp! The only difference was that the error message said “1MB” rather than “4MB”. I tried the fix and it worked perfectly.

AMAZING!!! You are my hero!!! lol

Worked like a charm on my Mac Mini. Thanks a lot!

Super cool man. Many Thanks

Windows Fail! Thx this worked.

brilliant thanks man-im using XP SP 3 and boot camp os x on mac book pro

Thanks. This solution worked for me to apply Service Pack 2 to Windows 2003 Server R2 on a 13.3″ Macbook Pro.

This finally got my MacBook Pro to have WinXP sp3, but that’s like having a Ferrari with a Volkswagen engine… : )

This has worked great for 10.5
However, I’m having errors with Snow Leopard 10.6 with a clean install on a new macbook pro. Any ideas or solutions? There is already a ‘regedit’ and a slightly different code after installing.

Thanks!

The solution to installing Snow Leopard 10.6 is now on the Apple website and it works.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3841

Perfect,
Thank you for posting this.

Yur a genius. This worked like a charm.

this tip worked great on my Mac Mini running XP. Thanks again.

Many thanks!!!!! perfect, good directions.

Thaaaats some good stuff
Thaaaanks alot wooork soo fine with no headache
straight forward

This fix worked fine on my 8-core Mac Pro…

Thanks!

Hei

Great tip, saved my but.. thankz

Thanks mate. Worked a treat on my bootcamp macbook.

Awsomeeeeee
It worked yeahhhhhhh!
I love you guyes

Just want to add my thanks to the list. I’ve been forever trying to apply SP3 unfortunately it’s only now hat I came accross your solution. THANKS a LOT!