No idea why you aren't seeing the option to set the installation location.
I have it installed on my D drive currently. Note that it will still put a
TON of 'crap' in your boot partition!!

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Kevin G. Boles
Indicium Resources, Inc.
SQL Server MVP
kgboles a earthlink dt net
> I'd like to install SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition on my F: drive,
> but the installation procedure doesn't seem to give me that option. Is
> it possible to do? If so, how?
>
> Thanks for your help!