Please insert Photoshop CS4 into drive…
I’m having quite a difficulty in installing Adobe Photoshop CS4. It always asks me to “Please insert Photoshop CS4 into drive H:\ to continue installation.
Here are the facts. In downloaded Photoshop through rapidshare.com, in http://rapidshare.com/users/8MSLNE. It took a couple of hours to download the file but it was way faster than getting it from Torrent. I unzipped it and was finally able to extract the installation file. The file was saved at my H drive, a partition in my secondary hard drive.
After accepting the terms and conditions, it asks you if you have the serial number or if you want to try the program for 30 days. Since this isn’t a legal version and I don’t have the license, I chose the trial version. But ‘lo and behold, you get the error message.
I checked Google and it seems that this is a common issue. Even Adobe recognizes this problem in their KB article.
Being a technician, I have tried the following.
1. Save the installation file in another partition
2. Save the installation file in the root drive or in C:\
3. Save the installation file in a CD
4. Uninstalling Photoshop CS3
The only that I haven’t tried is to totally wipe out the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. I’m on the brink of doing that because I think my PC has a virus. It’s slow at certain times. But of course, I want to see it there are other options. I have other Adobe CS 3 programs installed when I was trying to put in CS4, so that might be what the KB article suggests.
Uday said
am January 23 2009 @ 12:18 pm
Hi,
I am having the same problem..I have copied the photoshop folder to C drive but it still keeps asking “insert photoshop cs4 into drive c to continue instalation” Please let me know if u got a sulution..
thanks,
Uday
Robin said
am January 25 2009 @ 11:57 pm
The solution to this problem is to copy everything from your cd (iso or whatever) to a folder on your harddisk.
Run the install from there and it should work. Don’t mount anything.
mh said
am January 31 2009 @ 7:19 pm
Unfortunately, that also doesnot work.
Photoshop still keeps asking “insert photoshop cs4 into drive E to continue instalationâ€Â.
Somebody know a solution?
Raghunathan said
am February 1 2009 @ 6:06 am
Me too the same problem ,. i feadup with this version ,. i had tried all the way but its not working, plz give the solutions.
admir said
am February 6 2009 @ 10:43 pm
please if you find a solution notify me on my email adress disturbia92@live.com
Aj said
am February 12 2009 @ 6:46 pm
Same problem. This is infuriating. tried mounting, tried copying to C. nothing.
JEAC said
am February 18 2009 @ 5:47 pm
Me too.I opened the extensions and i saw a file named AdobePhotoshop11-en_USx64,0 bytes.
Is this the problem?
Turmite said
am February 22 2009 @ 8:12 am
Ditto, tried running from hard drive, mounting image from daemon, burning to dvd, renaming dvd three different ways, if anyone solves this gimme a yell PLEASE!
Jaimoen said
am February 25 2009 @ 12:49 pm
** First click the disable activation icon.
** then install photoshop CS4
** Unselect everything you can, except
Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Bridge
** It will works…
ernie said
am March 6 2009 @ 10:09 am
DO NOT ENTER SERIAL DURING INSTALL.
Install as TRIAL
Then update with Serial after installation is complete
That’s the problem.
GLuck
miredo said
am March 8 2009 @ 5:43 pm
same problem i meet = =
insert photoshop cs4 into drive C to continue instalation
solution? SOLUTION?
Cruasder9 said
am March 8 2009 @ 8:59 pm
For all those who are getting “please insert photoshop cs4 into d:\ drive” I have found the answer for you:
Edit your Photoshop CS4 ISO file (using UltraIso, etc).
Create a new root-level folder called “Adobe CS4″ and move all the existing files/directories into this folder
It will now look like this:
D:\Adobe CS4\setup.exe
D:\Adobe CS4\payloads\
D:\Adobe CS4\extensions\
etc
Change the volume label to “Photoshop CS4″
After I did this it installed like a charm from the “D:\” virtual drive
Happy! said
am March 9 2009 @ 10:47 pm
My god, thank you Cruasder9 it actually worked.
Installed on Windows 7 x64 build 7000.
ap0tol said
am March 11 2009 @ 9:08 pm
Sorry I’m a noob at making iso files.
I’m trying to make an iso like Cruasder9 said using ultra iso. But the best i can do is making an iso whith the files in the dir D:\setup.exe …
When i made a directory Adobe CS4 in the iso file it will only saw me the folders and not the setup file etc.
Wooyke said
am March 15 2009 @ 2:39 am
Thanks Cruasder9, your solution worked!!!
Wooyke said
am March 15 2009 @ 2:44 am
One more thing for ap0tol
1. Download/buy/torrent MagicISO maker
2. Start it, then click on File > Open
3. Find your *.iso of Photoshop and open it
4. Right-click on a empty surface, choose New Folder and name it “Adobe CS4″
5. Select all files on ISO except that new folder and move it to Adobe CS4 folder
6. Click on File > Save
7. Close MagicISO, mount your ISO in DaemonTools or such
8. My Computer > DVD Drive > Adobe CS4 > Setup
…and that’s it, hope it helps.
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GJ said
am April 11 2009 @ 1:48 am
Create the new root folder, change the volume label and it it still doesn´t work
TheOriginalHazardus said
am April 26 2009 @ 1:08 am
It’s called a Read Me file. little .txt document you got with it…
says to copy Master Collections to you O/S Drive, run install as demo, replace the right .dll, THEN run keygen.
have some patience about yourselves- ur learn if you pay attention.
-Original Hazardus
6r33n said
am April 28 2009 @ 12:41 am
ImgBurn is otherwise a FREE, awesome application for burning och creating img files etc.
6r33n said
am April 28 2009 @ 1:14 am
Forgot to THANK YOU ‘Cruasder9′!! It really works now, thanks soo much!
Marvellous said
am April 29 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Nice one Cruasder9… that was getting annoying!
auwebio said
am May 5 2009 @ 10:50 pm
Thanks so much Cruasder9!
It works!!
By the way:
- You CAN enter the serial using CORE’s keygen.
- You do NOT need to patch any dll’s or replace it, mainly because you will be using a “valid” serial (no need to install in trial mode).
Gentle said
am May 11 2009 @ 11:49 am
Ok guys, here’s a much simpler solution, I myself tested it:
1) Create a Folder named C:\Adobe CS4\ then copy the installer to this folder so as to make the director contain:
C:\Adobe CS4\Setup.exe
C:\Adobe CS4\payloads
C:\Adobe CS4\extensions
and so on….
2) After copying all needed files, Run setup.exe on the that new folder, That’s it enjoy!
2t said
am May 17 2009 @ 3:55 pm
thanks Gentle
it’s really work:)
T4 said
am May 27 2009 @ 1:27 am
Thank you very much guys.
It workd like a charm
Richard said
am June 12 2009 @ 10:05 am
Gentle this didn’t work :s
chris said
am June 12 2009 @ 5:39 pm
thx a lot! when i copy all to new folder, the installation goes great! \m/
JAI GOEL said
am July 18 2009 @ 5:51 am
non of these works dear friends, i have one far better solution for photoshop cs4 extended, actually i m also suffering from this problem and today i have to prepare a panorama image for my institute’s exam, i have photoshop cs2 “older version” it doesn’t create full blended panorama image, so i decided to switch on cs4, but the same problem i have faced… Don’t worry!
Here is the solution:
download the file full photoshop cs4 extended 65 mb only!
don’t be surprised it actually delete all that files which we usually not use…. and it doesn’t need activation or serial keygen, just simple copy and paste… and i really thanks to my orkut community to gave me that link….
email me i will send you the link.
JAI GOEL said
am July 18 2009 @ 6:06 am
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Nudels said
am July 21 2009 @ 1:46 am
Thanks crusader it worked!
IaguCool said
am July 30 2009 @ 5:43 am
Moving to a folder is your solution? Heh not very elegant…
Here is my solution:
1. Open your Photoshop CS4 image with any software available (I recommend UltraISO)
2. Extract “payloads/setup.xml” file to your desktop.
3. Open the extracted “setup.xml” file with any text file editor (Notepad++ recommended)
4. Find and remove any instances of the words “Adobe CS4″ in the file.
5. Save the XML file.
6. Replace “payloads/setup.xml” file in your image with the edited one, and save the image.
7. Mount/burn and install as usual.
Dennis said
am July 30 2009 @ 11:17 am
I have tried all methods suggested by above poster: Editing folder and volume label, moving it to a folder, and editing the xml file, but the please insert keeps popping up
It only pops up when it’s “Currently Installing Adobe Anchor Service CS4″. The previous steps were okay. Is this the case with everyone?
Thanks.
kurdeng said
am August 9 2009 @ 6:24 pm
It is work just by selecting Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge (uncheck other components. Thx
hatebreeder said
am August 17 2009 @ 12:47 am
Happened to me just a couple of days ago..tried everything that sum ppl posted on the internet..so i just downloaded a cs4 trial from adobe and voila..it installed perfectly..
I use Windows 7 RTM build x64 bit
Alex said
am August 20 2009 @ 2:38 am
Thanks Gentle and Kurdeng. I apply the both solutions.
SWEN said
am August 27 2009 @ 6:41 am
thanks Gentle
it’s really work, super
Arasfang said
am September 4 2009 @ 9:36 pm
I have tried all steps above and nothing works. Im running Win7 x64 7600 release…Have also tried CS3 and that doesnt work either..
jgv115 said
am September 6 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Odd, doesn’t work for me with Win 7 Ultimate X64. It worked with X32 though. Anyone enlighten me?
Brenn said
am September 11 2009 @ 4:59 pm
Hi, I extracted all files in to a folder called “Adobe CS4″ i then placed that folder into my C Drive
C:\Adobe CS4\
Inside there you got your folders and the setup.exe
Now run your setup.exe and it all works great…
Installed windows7 64bit
Brenn said
am September 11 2009 @ 5:00 pm
P.S i had my anti virus turned off…
joel said
am September 28 2009 @ 12:17 am
IaguCool’s solution worked for me. no other solution did. thanks.
Kevin Taviari said
am September 29 2009 @ 12:44 am
Thanx very much , solution from all of you are worked to me
ArchangelGT said
am September 30 2009 @ 2:50 pm
Thank you! This did the trick. Everything else failed.
Dendukunkender said
am October 1 2009 @ 3:11 am
A thousand thanks to Cruasder9 for his invaluable info. I’ve been bustling with getting CS4 to work on my 64x Vista, moving folders, attempting to rename ect, to no avail. His exact instructions worked perfectly!
Previously, the installer would work like Dennis – stopping at the Anchor Services with the all-too-well-known message.
This made my day
Help :s said
am November 14 2009 @ 1:53 am
None of the above solutions worked for me..
Well the problem i am having is that that the installation starts and as soon as it starts installing “Adobe Output Module” it prompts to insert cd. Please, Help me :s
Help :s said
am November 14 2009 @ 1:54 am
Note: i already have adobe photoshop cs3 extended installed on my system…
D. said
am November 14 2009 @ 1:14 pm
Crusader9′s solution didn’t work for me.
Yardiego said
am December 1 2009 @ 5:02 am
Thanks Brenn, your solution also worked for me, and that’s so simple! =)
giacomo said
am December 4 2009 @ 5:09 pm
With all due respect, all these solutions are a waste of time, and whether they work or not is irrelevant since they are well more complicated than the simple solution of reading the instructions which tell you to deselect everything you can before clicking install. It’s that simple.
Ain’t simple beautiful?
Enjoy
Creice said
am December 23 2009 @ 12:00 pm
I tried all of the above offered solutions. None of them worked. I’ll come back later, when I found the right solution for this problem. Thanx for everyone who tried to help.
Sosna said
am December 25 2009 @ 4:29 am
Hey. It worked for me after few tries of everything.
What i have done is:
Place installer into
D:\Adobe CS4\
Run it.
Then when it asks what components to install, install only adobe photoshop cs4 and adobe bridge cs4. Unclick every other component, which you can (some of them are ‘grey’ and you have to install them).
Hope i helped someone
heorung said
am December 28 2009 @ 6:18 am
Thanks Cruasder9! It’s worked!
Installed on Windows 7 Ultimate x32 build 7600.
Thank you!
Anto said
am December 29 2009 @ 8:51 am
thank you every one photoshop cs4 instlled without a flaw
mellanon said
am January 1 2010 @ 2:53 am
I’ve tried to install Adobe.Photoshop.CS4.Extended.v11.0.Incl.Keymaker-CORE on a Windows 7 x64 platform (deselecting everything but photoshop and bridge) according to all proposed solutions and hatebreeder’s solutioun worked for me.
Note that I’ve installed the same release on a 32-bit system before (vista and xp). Based on that I think the problem occurs because the CORE-release doesn’t include all required files for a x64-system (correct me if I’m wrong). The problem was that the installer requested the installation CD, during installation of Adobe Anchor Service (Installer saying “Currently Installing Adobe Anchor Service CS4″)
Anyway, I installed the trial version downloaded from adobes website and registered it with core’s keygen according to CORE’s installation notes.
“1/ Add the following line in your hosts file located on C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
2/ Choose Manual installation
3/ Unselect everything you can, except Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Bridge
4/ Use our keymaker to register the application.”
Daniel_D said
am January 10 2010 @ 1:55 pm
I have tried all the above solution and nothing worked. I see that for some users it is working but if you want to not waste yout time. Download Photoshop CS4 extended version from Adobe website. Instal the trial version and then use your keymaker, crack….etc.
cheers
sermest said
am January 15 2010 @ 4:03 pm
none of the above worked for me so now i have downloaded the trial from website and i’ll use core keygen. sory im a noob, could someone help with the installations notes? how am i supposed to add the line, simply using notepad or sth??
c said
am January 17 2010 @ 11:12 pm
@sermest: you can just change it in notepad. after the edit just save and close.
/****where can i get a keygen without getting a virus?? thank you.