HUGE problem..istalling gta3 VC other games too.

[RedStar 0]

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)

 

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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!

[Tomay 0]

Try to create a copy of the original discs, and install it from them.

 

Of course if you can create a copy at all

 

Try another computer.

[RedStar 0]

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.