hard disk may be full - Error - Trying to publish Cd

[mikemfs]

Hello,

If anyone could give me some help I would appreciate it. I'm doing a 100
slide PowerPoint presentation with an audio narration, the file size is 267
MB. I'm trying to publish the presentation with the publish to cd function
with a password and I keep getting an error message that says:
The files cannot be copied to the temporary folder because the hard disk may
be full. Free up space on the hard disk, and then try packaging the files
for CD again.
I don't know if I have some settings set wrong or if I'm saving my audio the
wrong way - I have 81gb of storage left on my hard disk - is there an option
to increase my temporary folder storage??? Anyway, if anyone could help I
would appreciate it thank you.

Mike

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Depending on your operating system, go Start| Programs| Accessories| System
Tools and run the disk clean up wizard. That should clear out temporary
files no longer needed. Then if you still have trouble, please holler back.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
the original www.pptworkbench.com
glen at pptworkbench dot com

 

[mikemfs]

Hi Glen,

Thanks for the help! I just tried running the clean up wizard on both my
vista and my xp machines, however I still received the same error on both my
desktop (vista) and my notebook (XP), Error Message: "The files cannot be
copied to the temporary folder because the hard disk may be full. Free up
space on the hard disk, and then try packaging the files for CD again."
Also, I'm using powerpoint 2007. Thanks for the try!

Mike

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Try this one!

The files cannot be copied to the temporary folder" message while using
Package for CD
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00865.htm


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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
the original www.pptworkbench.com
glen at pptworkbench dot com
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[mikemfs]

Glen,

I tried it on both the vista and xp machine - on the vista machine it was
the same error and on the xp machine the error changed to: "The files cannot
be copied. Try again or try another cd." I'm going to try and go into
run/msconfig and turn everything off restart and try it again.

Thanks again,

Mike

 

[Ute Simon]

I tried it on both the vista and xp machine - on the vista machine it was

the same error and on the xp machine the error changed to: "The files
cannot
be copied. Try again or try another cd." I'm going to try and go into
run/msconfig and turn everything off restart and try it again.

Are you trying to package the presentation directly to the CD? If so, please
use Package to folder and then use a CD burning program to burn the contents
of the folder to a CD.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[mikemfs]

Hi Ute,

Thanks for the help. I was trying to burn directly to cd - I just tried
burning to a folder like you suggested on both my xp and vista machines and
they both said: "The files cannot be copied to the folder. Try to free up
space on the hard disk, and then try again."

I'm basically going to package for CD - Options - I add a password to both
open and modify - check inspect presentation - click ok - then go to copy to
folder. (I've tried it with linked files and without and received the same
error.)

Thanks,

Mike

 

[mikemfs]

I did get it to burn to the folder finally - however - it would only burn if
I took off the password options and it took 7 minutes to load before it
started to play.

Anyway, thank you again for the help.

 

[mikemfs]

Hi Michael,

I confirmed the remaining space and the quota tab is unchecked. I may just
try and break it up into two discs of 50 slides and see if that helps.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Echo S]

Are you using PowerPoint 2007, by any chance?

 

[mikemfs]

Yes, PowerPoint 2007.

Are you using PowerPoint 2007, by any chance?

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I did get it to burn to the folder finally - however - it would only burn
if
I took off the password options and it took 7 minutes to load before it
started to play.

Anyway, thank you again for the help.

 

[Echo S]

Your file is 267MB large (which is pretty large), and when you publish to
CD, PowerPoint "backsaves" the file as a PPT 97-2003 format file by default
(so the Viewer can run it from a CD -- the Viewer can't run 2007-format
[PPTX] files from CD).

If you've used any special effects (glows, reflections, soft edges, etc.) on
your photos, text, and other objects, PPT turns those into images when
performing the backsave. This could result in a GINORMOUS file -- I mean,
you might be looking at a gig or more. This is probably why it takes 7
minutes to load, also.

So, while you may have space on your harddrive, I suspect PPT itself is
struggling with this large file. You might be able to fool it by dividing
the file into numerous files, each with 10-12 slides, and doing the package
for CD process on each. Then you could open the first file and insert the
slides from the remaining files into it and save so you have one complete
file in the first package for CD folder. Of course, you want to look at all
the other packaged folders and copy any linked files (aside from the ones
the Viewer needs to run) into that first package for CD folder as well.

Or you could work on reducing the file size to begin with. Why's it so big?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Yes, PowerPoint 2007.

Are you using PowerPoint 2007, by any chance?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I did get it to burn to the folder finally - however - it would only
burn
if
I took off the password options and it took 7 minutes to load before it
started to play.

Anyway, thank you again for the help.

:

I tried it on both the vista and xp machine - on the vista machine
it
was
the same error and on the xp machine the error changed to: "The
files
cannot
be copied. Try again or try another cd." I'm going to try and go
into
run/msconfig and turn everything off restart and try it again.


Are you trying to package the presentation directly to the CD? If so,
please
use Package to folder and then use a CD burning program to burn the
contents
of the folder to a CD.

Best regards,
Ute