Error message when you try to install Streets & Trips or Age of Empires III: "1327 Invalid Drive" (918802)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Age of Empires III
  • Microsoft Age of Empires III Expansion: The War Chiefs
  • Microsoft Autoroute 2007
  • Microsoft Autoroute 2007 (with GPS)
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 (with GPS)
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 Essentials
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Streets & Trips 2004

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install one of the programs that are listed in the "Applies To" section, you receive the following error message:
Error 1327, Invalid Drive: drive :\

Installation ended prematurely because of an error.
Note In this error message, drive is not the drive letter of any one of your drives.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
  2. Under Storage, click Disk Management.
  3. Note the current letter of the CD drive. Right-click the CD drive, and then click Change Letter and Paths.
  4. Click Change, and then change the drive to the drive letter that appears in the error message.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Yes for the confirmation.
  7. Close Disk Management, and then install Streets & Trips.
  8. After you install the program, repeat steps 1 through 6 to change the CD drive back to its original drive letter.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about error 1327, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

282183 Works: "Error 1327, Invalid Drive" error message occurs during installation

290356 You receive an "Error 1327. Invalid Drive: C:\. Installation ended prematurely" error message when you install Office XP System Files Update

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/21/2006
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB918802
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