Mac Works 4.0: Errors Occur When Attempting to Run Setup
  
PSS ID Number: Q127762
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0 4.0a 4.0b
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0b
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to install Microsoft Works, the Setup program gives the
following message:
 
   Block Verification Error
 
CAUSE
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If the Setup program does not have enough memory, information may not copy
from the disks to the hard drive, and installation fails.
 
RESOLUTION
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NOTE: If this is your first attempt to install Works, please skip steps 1
and 2.
 
1. Open the System folder, then the Preferences folder, and drag the
   Registration Database to the trash.
 
2. From the Special menu, choose Empty Trash.
 
3. From the Apple menu, choose About This Macintosh. From the size of the
   Largest Unused Block of memory, subtract 600. Note this number.
 
4. From the Microsoft Works 4.0 Install Disk 1, open the Setup folder.
 
5. Click the Microsoft Setup icon once.
 
6. From the File menu, choose Get Info.
 
7. In the Preferred Size box, type the number you noted in step 3.
 
8. Close this window. Run Microsoft Works Setup again.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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If the block verification error message continues, you might need to turn
on Virtual Memory to increase memory available for Setup.
 
For additional information on Virtual Memory, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q128564
   TITLE     : "Works: Not Enough Memory to Run Macsetup"
 
KBCategory: kbsetup
KBSubcategory: mwksmisc macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: m_works 4.00 4.00a 4.00b mac crash bomb freeze
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Keywords          : kbsetup
Version           : 4.0 4.0a 4.0b
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbinfo
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