sim 2 installation problems

[cassandramarie 0]

It wont let me install the sims 2 says there is a problem with Tsdata/res/sound/voice5.package from the media...how do I fix this so I can install the game to my pc. It will keep asking me to retry or cancel installation. Can someone please help me

 

 

[Sampson 0]

First, should uninstall sims 2. If there is no uninstall in Add/Remove programs - then, don't worry about it.

 

It is possible that this error appears because the spin rate of your CD varies during the installation and aborts at the Tsdata folder. If that is all it is and the disk is not scratched or defective you can try to install it from the hard drive. You will have to have about 6 Gig of space.

 

Use your Windows Explorer. When it comes up it will probably default to your My Documents folder. Left click to My Computer and then clink on Local Drive C:

 

You are going to make a master folder and some subfolders to hold the contents of the CD's. From the menu at the top click on File-New-Folder. Over on the right side you will see a new box that says something like "New Folder" type the following:

"Disk Images" Don't type the diacritical marks just the text Disk Images and be sure that there is a space between Disk and Images.

Then click over to the "+" on left side of the screen on Local Disk C:. Disk Images should appear. Click on the folder Disk Images and you will make in succession four folders as subfolders under Disk Images. Call each folder by the following names "Disk1" "Disk2" "Disk3" "Disk4" (again type only the word Disk1 not the diacritical marks. Make sure that there is no space between Disk and the number 1 through 4. So it should look like

+ Disk Images

Disk1

Disk2

Disk3

Disk4

Now, put your 1st CD of the Sims 2 into your CD. It will try to spin up and run, so hold down the Shift button on the left side of your key board. If it manages to start, just cancel it.

Now, using Windows Explorer click onto the icon that contains the CD drive. You can do this either of two ways. Click on Edit from the menu, then click on Select all, then click on Edit again and Copy, then move your cursor to the subfolder called Disk1 and click on it to make sure you are in it. Then, click on Edit one more time and then Paste. (You can do these steps using the keyboard alone CTRL-A, CTRL-C, and CTRL-V. When the first cd copies all its files to Disk1 on your hard drive, put in your next CD, go through the same process, but Paste it to Disk2. Do the same for Disk3 and Disk4. When your have finished copying these to your hard drive, go back to the Disk1 folder and double click on Autorun. If everything install fine, you can erase all the folders you created.

 

If during the process of copying the files, one will not copy, that means that either file on the CD is bad or there is a defect in the CD.