Service Pack3 attempts to install on my C drive but my main drive is the D drive and I get the response "not enough space on drive C to install this update"

I had to recover my computer and when I reinstalled Windows I chose D drive and normal drive (C) now is the HP recovery disk.  The update

do not give me a choice to have the download go to the D drive.

You receive error messages if there is insufficient free space on the system drive to install Windows XP SP3
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956894

How to recover disk space on a computer running Windows XP with a hard disk of 4 GB or less
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956324

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Error message when you try to install Windows XP SP3: "you don't have enough disk space on % lecteur_systeme % to archive the uninstall files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949375 ]]

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HOW TO get a computer that is running Windows XP SP1 (a) or SP2 fully patched (after a clean install)
http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.WindowsXP.General/MSG/a066ae41add7dd2b

Tip: After getting the computer fully patched, download/install KB971029 manually before connecting any external drive to your computer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

VERY IMPORTANT! =>  No matter what Norton or McAfee free trial which is preinstalled on the computer when you bought will be reinstalled (but invalid!) when Windows is reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the trial AND THEN download/run the appropriate removal tool before installing updates, Windows Service Packs or IE upgrades AND BEFORE installing your new antivirus application (for example, Microsoft Security Essentials - free).

Norton Removal Tool
     FTP://ftp.Symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

McAfee Consumer product removal tool
     http://download.McAfee.com/Products/Licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

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