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Ok i tried their suggested fix...copy files to hdd and running the autorun with no cd's in drive. but installation fails at 26% (at request for next disk) it prompts me to put cd/dvd 2 into drive F (F: is my games HDD). I click ok and we could go into an endless loop of prompts for correct CD. SO i abort install. Any suggestions now...other than cry? their suggestion: Hello, Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts. I’m sorry for the difficulty that you are having with Need for Speed Most Wanted. Transfer errors during installation can be caused by a number of conflicts. There are steps you can take to remove the source of conflict before attempting to reinstall the game. 1. End all background tasks to prevent conflicts with other programs. * Click here for steps on ending background tasks. http://eatech.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eatech.cfg/php/enduser/cci/background_tasks.php?p_sid=%3C?%20echo%20$p_sid%20?%3E 2. Empty your Temp folder to prevent file conflicts. * Click here for steps on emptying your Temp folder. http://eatech.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eatech.cfg/php/enduser/cci/clear_temp.php?p_sid=%3C?%20echo%20$p_sid%20?%3E 3. If you have a secondary disk drive (such as a CD-R or DVD-rom drive) try the installation from there. 4. Try CD-rom troubleshooting steps to prevent read issues with the disk. * Click here for CD-rom troubleshooting steps. http://eatech.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eatech.cfg/php/enduser/cci/cd_troubleshooting.php?p_sid=%3C?%20echo%20$p_sid%20?%3E 5. Basic installation troubleshooting steps will help prevent conflicts with the installation program, itself. * Click here for installation troubleshooting steps. http://eatech.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eatech.cfg/php/enduser/cci/install_troubleshooting.php?p_sid=%3C?%20echo%20$p_sid%20?%3E * If the previous steps did not work, and you have 6GB of harddrive space available, you can try copying the disk files to your harddrive and installing without the CDs. Make sure to follow the steps below exactly as they read, or else the install may not work. For the DVD version: 1. Insert the DVD into the DVD-rom drive. Exit the startup menu when it comes up. 2. Double click My Computer, then right click on the DVD-rom drive with the game DVD in it and select Explore. 3. Hold the CTRL key and then hit A. That should select all the folders and files. 4. Then hold CTRL and hit C. This will not look like it does much, but it's preparing to copy the files. 5. Close that folder and go to your desktop. Right click anywhere BUT on an icon, and Select New, then Folder. Name the folder Sims2 DVD. 6. Then double-click that folder, and hit CTRL and V. This will begin copying the files from the DVD. 7. Once the files are copied, remove the disc from the drive. 8. Double-click on the Setup icon in the folder. 9. You may delete Most Wanted DVD folder once the installation is complete. For the CD edition: Make sure to follow the steps below exactly as they read, or else the install may not work. 1. Double-click My Computer. 2. Right-click on the Local Disk C and choose Open. 3. Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder. 4. Name the folder Disk Images it is important that the name has a space in it. 5. Double-Click the new Disk Images folder to open it. 6. Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder. 7. Name this folder Disk1. 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 while substituting Disk1 for Disk2 and so on until there are 4 'Disk' folders followed by a number 1 through 4. it is important to note there must not be a space between "Disk" and the number. 9. Insert Disk 1 of Most Wanted into your CD-Rom drive and if the autoplay starts, cancel it. 10. Double-click My Computer to open it. 11. Right-click on your CD-ROM drive and choose Open. 12. When you see the contents of the disk in the Window, click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Select All. 13. All the contents of the disk should now be highlighted, click on Edit at the top of the window again and choose Copy. 14. Open the Disk1 folder you created under C:\Disk Images; click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Paste. This will copy the contents of the CD into the Disk1 folder. 15. Repeat steps 9 through 14 for the remaining disks until you have copied each disk into its appropriate folder. 16. Once all the disks have been copied, remove ALL CDs from any drives. 17. Open the Disk1 folder under Disk Images and double-click on autorun.exe to start the installation. 18. To save disk space, you can delete the Disk Images folders after the installation has completed. If any error appears when you try copying the discs to the hard drive, then it is possible that the disc may be defective and needs replacement. However before trying to have the game replaced by EA, you can try have the game replaced at the store where you purchased as much as possible to avoid incur additional shipping charges if you let EA replace the game.

i run on win2000 sp 4 I have two LG DVD rewriters (different models) On the newer model..the install fails on disk 2 (please insert disk two even though it is in) On the older model i get to disk 3 before i get prompted to install proper disk over and over. This (and past problems) tells me that my drives must not be compatible with the games copy protection. I have not tried multiple install tries...as UT2004 took 4 tries before the disks were read. I bought the game yesterday because it was 30$ off at futureshop. Anyways, here is my question ...how can i get the game to install!? Can i just copy all the disks onto the HDD and then try the install?...i'm asking because i'm sure there is some little trick to this that i am unaware of. --- oh and perhaps unrelated...the license agreement comes up blank..but lets me continue anyways.

Thanks for the replies! Putting BF2 disk in my other drive and then clicking on the setup file (as suggested) worked. SO i wish i had asked this question like a month ago However, after installing the game..i am prompted to install dx 9c. But, I already have DX 9c installed. (cancel aborts whole setup ) So i install custom option...and this ends up not allowing you to bypass the 9c install also. What gives!? I would install over...but that kind of thing has caused me grief in the past. Plus..my 9600 pro requires cat 3.4 (as this is only version to date that actually works for me). If i install over. I usually have to reinstall graphics driver. So..how do i avoid reinstalling DX 9c? TIA edit: after typing i just went ahead and let it install...no probs. ah well. BF2 forever!!

well ask your brother how he did it please. I put in the BF2 disk....a message pops up saying it only runs on win XP and then the installation stops.

hello I bought the game(pre-order). But, only when in my hands did i notice it was XP only. Even then, i naturally assumed it would still work with 2000 even so. I don't see why it wouldn't... except for EA shanigans. Now, i would run out and buy XP except for 1 thing... I want to spend my money on Vista...not XP!! But, I don't want to wait until the second quarter of 2006 either. Anyone else have this problem of wanting to bypass XP but finding it harder to do so right at the end of its life? But my main question remains...how do i get BF2 to run under win2kp (bypass the version check)?

its been awhile. I am trying to install this game again but can't. I know i got it installed years ago. Perhaps my new drives are causing install error (lg dvd burner and lg cd burner) which happens when i click install on the menu. i get an ikernal.exe error (looked up installshield help for no help). i have tried putting a shortcut to the setup.exe program on desktop..and then setting it to win 95/98 compatibility mode. no luck. So how do i get this working on windows 2000 sp 4 dx 9.0c ati 9600 pro? tia

this was posted on another site.. i have not tried it. But he guarantees it "re: Opengl Monday, November 18, 2002 at 4:51 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Constrictor14 (1 messages posted) The opengl errors, ya know the subsystem ones, well there IS a solution, it is as follows. There are four steps: 1. Go to http://www.scitechsoft.com/ 2. Download the file gldirect-3.0.0.exe 3. Install it 4. Reboot Trust me this works, I tried EVERYTHING and nothing else stopped any of my errors (fixed JK2, UT3, & Tribes 2). This goes around your system opengl files, covering your "faulty" ones with the programs working ones. Peace, Constrictor14 " edit: note the date(of that quoted post) is 3 years ago... edit again: here is the latest link: http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/gld_home.php last edit: you are allowed only a limited free trrial before you must buy it. I never recommend those. So forget the whole thing.

i use the mouse and the top gun joystick. i use the burner on the middle mouse button..no probs.

symptoms (increasing in scope over time and inspection): Originally friend could not access windows updates/email..then virus definitions no longer worked. Now norton 2003 displays critical error and requests re -install. After that, though successful, program does not work (tried all the trouble shooting steps on symantec site). SFC.exe is missing and i can't find it on xp home disk to install it. Active X controls do not work..even though they are enabled ..so not only does windows update not work..but i can 't use use online virus scanner sthat use active X. I tried one that worked with netscape. But this too fails on "infected" computer. Rather than trying to repair windows at this point...i think i will have to wipe everything just in case computer is infected with anything. Any thoughts? (no other computer to use to scan the "bad" one) If i do reinstall from scratch....how do i make a windows XP sp1 disk with all the fixes so that the computer is not infected before it can be patched over the internet? (or perhaps windows native firewall will be able to prevent that) TIA edit: oh yes..the admin logs have picked up norton detecting "attempted file tampering" going back to beginning of january.

hi. i only have two computers hooked to a router..and i get this message all the time on the win2000 one ...and often a forced browser election a sa seeming consequence. MS says its no big deal..so i just ignore it now. and you have to run netstat when error occurs to catch it. in my case it makes no sense since both machines DO have diff identities

well new cd rw had same problem of spawning infinit setup processes'. but, finally, i did get the game installed, after numerous attempts, on the dvd/cd-rom. not sure why it was a problem..but at least it eventually installed properly from a cd-rom device.

Ok..for aawhile now ..i have had the odd problem installing some games. Usually i can work around them by installing from another drive or exploring and clicking on the install option. but vice city has me stumped. I put it in the drive//and just get an hour glass. if i click on processes..i find it is launching setup.exe one after the other...so that i get hundreds of them running and 100% cpu utilization (if i let it go on that long). so i thought it might be new copyright measures that make it tough even on original disks... well i just upgraded my old 2001 LG to a may 2003 model. the GCE-8523B 52 25 52 re-writer. and it does the same thing...spawns set up over and over. in my DVD rom ...once i got it to partially install until near the end it said incorrect volume... (by bypassing autorun) ---------- what is going on??? TIA *pulls hair out in frustration" the faq files...indeed, all of the internet does not mention this problem. But i'm not imagining it and i am using ORIGINAL disks!

argh.this game was working for ages...now it says it won't run because i have less than 1 meg free..... (over 6 gig free) grrr

if nd4spd 5 == high stakes. i finally got that to run by changing the registry entry for the video card entry under it. I have an old post about it somewhere.. the auto detect thing was just wrong. edit..err nm i think HS is 4 not 5.

just upgraded videocard from geforce 2 and now i have all kinds of problems with diff games. dx-9 can't be all that backwards compatible i guess..as freespace 2 needs that pixel center compatibility setting (only 2 compat settings available). So for this thread i just want to focus on grand prix 3. you know how you can have gif files...with one transparent colour that lets through the back ground? Well it seems in grand prix 3 that colour is no longer transparent but light blue. so half the steering wheel has a blue rectangle extending from it. and the entire first row of trees now looks like a 2-d image sprayed on a blue rectangle. also the smoke now looks like it used to with 16 bit colour... you can see a small grid pattern in smoke. and finally the video settings calibration always crashes to desktop or slows right down to a crawl. Anyone else get this also? and more importantly, is there a fix for it?? edit: properly installing hyperion 4 in 1 drivers fixed the problems somewhat. reducing the agp setting to 2x seems to have helped even more. grand prix will crash out after a bit of testing..but it will now run without those graphical anomolies i mentioned. --------- edit: turning off agp read/write still makes system 100% stable while playing games (it just costs 25% in performance0