Install Calibre portable on USB stick

Gary Young · 12-14-2010, 01:15 PM

I just tried to set up calibre-portable on a USB memory stick on a computer running Windows XP. The USB drive was installed on the computer, and was accessible. I had copied files to the USB drive, and had set up the Calibre and Calibre2 folders.

I followed the instructions in the user's manual here http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/portable.html

When I got to this step:

◦Run the Calibre Windows installer:
■Change the install location to be the Calibre2 folder on the USB drive

I got an error message that "Installation directory must be on a local hard drive"

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Gary

itimpi · 12-14-2010, 02:07 PM

Not sure why the USB drive is not being recognised as a local drive!

Why not use the alternative way of getting the binaries across - install to the local hard drive and then copy across the calibre2 folder?

12-14-2010, 01:15 PM	#1
Gary Young Member Posts: 12 Karma: 32324 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPad Mini	Install Calibre portable on USB stick I just tried to set up calibre-portable on a USB memory stick on a computer running Windows XP. The USB drive was installed on the computer, and was accessible. I had copied files to the USB drive, and had set up the Calibre and Calibre2 folders. I followed the instructions in the user's manual here http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/portable.html When I got to this step: ◦Run the Calibre Windows installer: ■Change the install location to be the Calibre2 folder on the USB drive I got an error message that "Installation directory must be on a local hard drive" Can anyone help? Thanks, Gary

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itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Not sure why the USB drive is not being recognised as a local drive! Why not use the alternative way of getting the binaries across - install to the local hard drive and then copy across the calibre2 folder?

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