OT - Had a really weird game install problem.

Sorry for the OT post but the posters of RAS seem much more helpfull then most of usenet. /suckup mode OFF ;o) OK. 1) Tried to install Tiger Wood s 2005 from my cd drive = cyc. redun. check error. Install aborted and I thought it could be a bad disc. 2) Tried to install from my dvd drive same error on the same file. So I became more convinced it was a bad disc. Just before repacking the game and trudging back to exchange it I tried one more desperate ploy. 3) Dragged the install cd to a dir called "disc 1" and then launched the install from there. It went flawlessly and then asked for the remaining cd's to be put in the cd drive from whence the install continued to completion. Game runs fine. Anyone have a clue as to what might cause this type of behaviour ? I'm stumped. Elrikk PS. The error was on a video file being unpacked from a .cab file; if that info is of any help.

maybe you had shit on the disk at first, and it came off later? Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:oShgd.38357$[email hidden]...

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> Sorry for the OT post but the posters of RAS seem much more helpfull then > most of usenet. > > /suckup mode OFF ;o) > > OK. > > 1) Tried to install Tiger Wood s 2005 from my cd drive = cyc. redun. > check > error. Install aborted and I thought it could be a bad disc. > > 2) Tried to install from my dvd drive same error on the same file. So I > became more convinced it was a bad disc. > > Just before repacking the game and trudging back to exchange it I tried > one > more desperate ploy. > > 3) Dragged the install cd to a dir called "disc 1" and then launched the > install from there. It went flawlessly and then asked for the remaining > cd's to be put in the cd drive from whence the install continued to > completion. > > Game runs fine. > > Anyone have a clue as to what might cause this type of behaviour ? I'm > stumped. > > Elrikk > > PS. The error was on a video file being unpacked from a .cab file; if > that > info is of any help. > >

"elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:oShgd.38357$[email hidden]: <snippage>

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> Game runs fine. > > Anyone have a clue as to what might cause this type of behaviour ? > I'm stumped. > > Elrikk > > PS. The error was on a video file being unpacked from a .cab file; > if that info is of any help. > >

I'd be willing to bet my gall bladder that copy protection was the culprit. Most likely your drives, while capable of playing cdroms, and Dvds could not meet the overly strict parameters for the copy protection. ooh...a cd burner...the user MUST be trying to burn the disk... double oooh...a dvd drive...user MUST be a pirate. dave henrie

Hehe, you'll easily survive without your gall bladder, but you'll crap like shit. Hehehe ---Asgeir--- Dave Henrie wrote:

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> "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:oShgd.38357$[email hidden]: > > <snippage> > >>Game runs fine. >> >>Anyone have a clue as to what might cause this type of behaviour ? >>I'm stumped. >> >>Elrikk >> >>PS. The error was on a video file being unpacked from a .cab file; >>if that info is of any help. >> >> > > I'd be willing to bet my gall bladder that copy protection was the > culprit. Most likely your drives, while capable of playing cdroms, and > Dvds could not meet the overly strict parameters for the copy protection. > ooh...a cd burner...the user MUST be trying to burn the disk... > double oooh...a dvd drive...user MUST be a pirate. > > dave henrie >