installing Conquests-Help!

[BCLG100]

I have civ3 and the latest patch on but when i try to install conquests this message comes up.

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5641/tumti9fk.jpg

and then the install thing stops, anyone got any ideas what to do???
osted same thing at cfc as well

[digger760]

hmmm,
The CRC error means the file is corrupted

looks like corrupted file is already on your hard disk..so i guess during the install the files are coped from CD into a temporary location on your hard disk, which may have a dodgy sector.

Maybe you you run teh WinXP checkdisk and try the install again.

Checkdisk will flag any bad sectors so that that part of the hard disk can no longer be used. Dont' get to stressed about losing a sector is not very big.

[BCLG100]

whats checkdisk????

is that disc cleanup or disc defrag???

neither i have done in awhile so ill do them anyways :)

[digger760]

in "My Computer" right click on C drive, select properties, click on tools tab, run the error checking feature.

Hav'nt run it myself since Win95 days, but it will take a few hours i think

[BCLG100]

ok well ill do it over night, cheers :)

[grahamiam]

this is probably a stupid suggestion, but look at the CD surface and see if there's any gunk or large scratches on it. I had a problem last Summer where C3C stopped loading altogether. turns out my 2yr old was pulling it out of the CD, with his dirty hands and all. To get it to load (because it needs to read the stupid disc to run [mad] ), I had to clean it.

[Rik Meleet]

I garee with Grahamiam. I associate a Cyclic Redundancy Check - error (CRC error) with a read error on a CD.
Dirty disk / cracked disk / dirty lens / crooked CD-drive.

[BCLG100]

but i was able to play it before i uninstalled, i only uninstalled so i could install again to open the damn MTDG save.

[Beam]

Any Starforce installed?

[BCLG100]

whats starforce???

ill go have a look but i dont think so.

[Beam]

A very heavy (to heavy according to quite some people) that is assumed to look if patterns on the cd match with a pattern it expects (among other things). Might not be the cause at all, just something to check.

It looks this file comes from the CD and is used in the installation proces. Couple of things to try:
- Copy the file to the exact same location as in the error message. Here is it as I found it:

Download Attachment: icon_paperclip.gif setup.zip (http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Beam/2006526161943_setup.zip)
39.28KB

- Try to do a straight copy of the cd to your HD and do the install from there.

[BCLG100]

I got another CrC error when i tried to copy the things across, didnt so much understand what you wanted me to do with the setup file but i tried looking for where the message was coming from but i couldnt find anything, guess im going to have to get a new conquests game now!

[Beam]

Did you try to copy in sections? It looks like a damaged cd. If you're lucky it is a small part. Can be tested by copying dir by dir. Another option is to see if you can copy it on another PC, sometimes this prob is due to the cd/dvd device.

[BCLG100]

whats 'dir'?? im not very computer literate :) ill try it on the PC downstairs later on but i was able to play it before i uninstalled it all so i hope its just a small part.

[socralynnek]

dir means directory

[Beam]

quote:Originally posted by socralynnek

dir means directory


Thnx Soc. In Windoze it is also called Folder for computer illiterates. [sad] Any progress BC?

[BCLG100]

I havnt had any time today, been revising and my gf came round, ill try again tomorrow but im wiped now.