Unable to access network location (When trying to install a program) - Windows 8

[Bunny Money]

I bought a WD Blue 1 TB hard drive and I assigned the drive letter to A. But since the WD Blue is actually the SECOND storage device (I have a 128 GB SSD) I cannot assign it to the drive letter C. Since the C drive is the main drive, everything is being downloaded to it. In short, basically I just moved everything from my C drive to my A drive (I added this because I don't know if it would have contributed to the problem). Here is the problem, When ever I try to install a program, such as Sony Vegas Pro, it starts to install then says "Error: -2147163964 occurred during installation Could not access network location A:/Program Files/." And I know it's not just Sony because I have tried to install other programs which give me "Could not access network location A:/Program Files/." and if I try to change the path and install it, it gives the same error, "Could not access network location for A:/Program Files/.". Everything installs fine on the C drive, but there is 22 GB left. Please reply as I have searched on google, but this problem looks like it is for Windows XP.

Much thanks,

Bunny

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, Bunny Money.

Since you don't sound like you were able to install anything on that drive or put data on it, I'd recommend that you low level format it and then partition and format it as you see fit and give it a drive letter, which is different from A, B and C. After that try it out again and let me know if the issue has been resolved.
Here's how to low level format the drive: How to low level format or write zeros (full erase) to a WD hard drive or Solid State drive
How to intialize it after the low level format: How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary hard drive or Solid State drive in Windows
And how to partition and format it afterwards How to partition and format a WD drive on Windows and Mac OSX (please remember not to use A, B or C letters)

If this does not fix anything, you should give it a try with a different computer, or at least with a different SATA port and cables on yours, to see if the issue still exists.

If you are still having issues with the drive, go ahead and run both DLG tests (Quick and Extended), to see if anything alarming pops-up: How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD

 

[hang-the-9]

I bought a WD Blue 1 TB hard drive and I assigned the drive letter to A. But since the WD Blue is actually the SECOND storage device (I have a 128 GB SSD) I cannot assign it to the drive letter C. Since the C drive is the main drive, everything is being downloaded to it. In short, basically I just moved everything from my C drive to my A drive (I added this because I don't know if it would have contributed to the problem). Here is the problem, When ever I try to install a program, such as Sony Vegas Pro, it starts to install then says "Error: -2147163964 occurred during installation Could not access network location A:/Program Files/." And I know it's not just Sony because I have tried to install other programs which give me "Could not access network location A:/Program Files/." and if I try to change the path and install it, it gives the same error, "Could not access network location for A:/Program Files/.". Everything installs fine on the C drive, but there is 22 GB left. Please reply as I have searched on google, but this problem looks like it is for Windows XP.

Much thanks,

Bunny

You can't just copy things to another drive and have it work. What exactly did you do and what steps did you take to do it? You don't want to use A or B as drive letters, use whatever drive letter is free after the main boot drive and any optical drives you have. Once you setup that drive as D: or whatever, try installing things again.