FM 7 won't complete install

[spiritbear]

I am trying to install FM 7 on Windows xp pro. I purchased the software form one of the forum sponsors, Hardcoremac. I get as far as "Copying new files" when a popup asks: "Please insert the disk:1" AS I only have one disk that's in the drive it will not proceed. Any ideas?

[Vaughan]

Is it an upgrade or full installer? It may be asking for the install disk of an older version of FMP.

Just a guess.

[spiritbear]

It's a full installer. I got it to install on another machine running Windows 2000. I do have a trail version on this machine now. Do I need to uninstall this first??

[Vaughan]

Yes, that would probably be a really good idea.

[spiritbear]

Uninstalling the trial versioin did the trick...sometimes the new will write over the old, and without any docs I didn't know and didn't want to risk losing the trail in the meantime. So I called FM and they said to uninstall firs, and voila I am now running the full versioin! However, if you are reading this, perhaps you can answer another problem.

I have install FM on my other Windows 2000 machine. Everything seems to be working fine. I have copied to CD a FM db from the Windows xp machine and when I open it on the 2000 it will not let me do a thing with it even though I did assign an account to it. Keeps saying: "This action cannot be performed because this file is not modifiable." Any ideas??

[Sxeptomaniac]

It's probably still set as read-only. Browse to it, then right-click and choose properties. Uncheck the read-only option.

Or are you trying to use it directly from the CD? That won't work with a CD-R, an often still won't work with a CD-RW.