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Offline Warlock

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas about this problem I've got. I picked up Jedi Knight 3 last night, but I can't get the damned thing to install, it just gets to a certain percent (never the same, I've hit 67%, and as low as 6%) and it just stalls. The CD Rom sounds like it's accessing, only intermitantly, but it never goes anywhere. I've tried installing on different drives, updated IKernel, rebooted a few times, and I'm at a loss. Sadly the product site has no info, not even a forum :(

Any ideas?
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Offline Solatar

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
Same thing happened to me with Starlancer, I finally just gave up.

 

Offline Warlock

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
Yea only I don't want to merely give up on $40]

Why the hell the product page doesn't have a forum I'll never understand :mad:
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Offline Solatar

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Originally posted by Warlock
Yea only I don't want to merely give up on $40]

Why the hell the product page doesn't have a forum I'll never understand :mad:


Starlancer was only five bucks for me, maybe cleaning the cds? And make sure you don't run anything while installing.

I don't know what to say, I hate it when games do that.

 

Offline Flaser

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
If you're within 1 week of purchase (I can only guess how much time this is in your country) you can have the CDs replaced if they won't work on the shop's computer.
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Offline Ashrak

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
uhh corrupt CD go throw it in the sale guy's face and demand money back or a new copy
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Offline aldo_14

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
You can;t burn an image onto the HD and use that, can you?  (stabs intermittently in the dark)

 

Offline Warlock

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Need suggestions for a game that won't install
Sorry guys was sent out of town for work (again)

Anyways it turns out the problem was my CD/RW,...I took my old 32x and installed it,..the game ran through it's installation without one single flaw.

Never would have figured that since I've run other programs off the CD/RW lately without any problems.
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Offline Kosh

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Originally posted by aldo_14
You can;t burn an image onto the HD and use that, can you?  (stabs intermittently in the dark)



If the CD is corrupt, then the image would also be corrupt.
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