I have just upgraded my DirectX SDK from version 6.1 to 8.1. I loaded up some of my old source files and compiled them and they worked fine. Then I tried building them and I get an error: --------------Configuration: block - Win32 Debug----------------- Linking... ..\..\..\..\Dxsdk\lib\ddraw.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or disk full: cannot seek to 0x3b16078a Error executing link.exe. block.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) I have overwritten the ddraw.lib files in my vc\lib\ directory with the new ones from DX8. I am using MSVC++ 5.0 to compile. Is there anything different I need to do to compile with DX 8 than there was with DX 6? I checked the doc but I couldn''t find much info.

MSVC 5 can''t use some of the libraries meant for MSVC 6, and it gives that error. I''m not sure how to get around it, maybe someone else will.

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Is it possible to go back to DX 6.1 then? I am only learning and I don''t need all the features of DX 8.1, but at the moment I really can''t afford to upgrade my compiler.

Higgenkreuz found a solution to my problem on Teej''s board. You need to upgrade the MSVC++ 5.0 compiler with some service packs found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs97/full.asp. Thanks a ton Higgenkreuz!