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Title: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: Lancil on June 02, 2008, 05:48:12 pm
I've been searching through the boards to see if I'm not the only one running into this issue, but I think I am.

I've recently bought Decent: FreeSpace and Silent Threat today, and I can't seem to get it to install. I put it into the CD drive, it acts likes it's going to do it, and it even creates a Process for it in the Task Manager but then I get nothing. I've tried going into the CD and setting the Setup to run as a Windows 98 OS but still nothing, and if I try to run the process again it'll stack the running process. If this issue has already been addressed then please point me in the right direction.

Remember, it's Freespace 1 Retail CD's.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 06:00:15 pm
XP or Vista?
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: Lancil on June 02, 2008, 06:03:35 pm
System:
Windows XP Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2


Computer:
INtel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
6320 @ 1.86GHz
2.10GHz, 3.25GB of RAM
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 06:05:46 pm
How long has XP been installed?
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: Lancil on June 02, 2008, 06:06:39 pm
About 5 months now, had to reinstall due to a virus.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 06:09:20 pm
Try to install something else, to see if the problem is in your CD drive.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: Lancil on June 02, 2008, 06:12:04 pm
It's not, I had also bought a joystick today and got it to load up just before putting in the FreeSpace CD.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 06:15:27 pm
Dunno. The problem lies in either the OS or the CD.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: Lancil on June 02, 2008, 06:21:30 pm
Does it make a difference that it's a DVD-ROM? I haven't had an issue with it before loading up games, but could this be the issue?
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 06:29:02 pm
No, that means that it can't write discs. You should be fine. I have no idea what your problem is. Try FSPort. Get it with the FreeSpace Open Installer, in my signature.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: tinfoil on June 02, 2008, 08:30:18 pm
Have you tried opening the installer from windows explorer? it could just be your autorun.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 02, 2008, 08:37:17 pm
He said that he assigned the .EXE as a Win98 file, so I assume he did that.
Title: Re: Unable to Install Retail FreeSpace CD
Post by: tinfoil on June 02, 2008, 10:11:10 pm
you can do that through the control panel though.