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During the SAS 9.2 install, the "Specify SAS Installation Data file" screen might default to C:\SAS Installation Data, and no SAS installation data file (SID file) name is specified.

This occurs if the original SID file is expired and no new SID file is found in the SAS Software Depot\sid_files folder for the correct SAS site number. Or, the error also occurs if the sid_files folder is missing from the depot. This occurs even if the C:\SAS Installation Data folder does not exist.

If you click Next on this screen, you receive the warning message:

To correct the problem, on the Specify SAS Installation Data file window, click Browse and specify the correct renewal SID file. SID files for SAS 9.2 follow the naming format:

sas92_<ordernumber>_<sitenumber>_<hostplatform>.txt

In most cases, the correct renewal SID file has the same name as the original SID file, but the order number is different. Starting in September 2009, a new SAS site number was assigned to sites that previously had Windows x64 SAS 9.2 and Windows 32bit SAS 9.2 with the same SAS 9.2 site number. In this case, you need to obtain new media with the new SAS Site number.

Determining the original SAS site number

To determine the SAS Site number for the original order:

1. Obtain the six-digit order number from the Select SAS Software Order installation window, or locate the order number from the SAS Software Depot\order_data folder.
2. Open the SID file from the SAS Software Depot\SID_Files folder, where the SID file name contains the same six-digit order number.
3. Search for the string, SITE=, to obtain the SAS 9.2 Site number for the SAS depot or SAS media.

Renewal SID files

When a renewal SID file is e-mailed to the SAS Site Representative, place the SID file for the corresponding SAS Site number in the SAS Software Depot\SID_Files folder. Or, provide the new SID file to users on separate media, if SAS is already on DVDs or CDs.

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