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IWD Hearts of winter Problem

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IWD Hearts of winter Problem

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Hi all i just bought the collecters edition and when i go to install the hearts of winter expantion all it does is uninstalls every thing. help what can i do to play the expantion with out having to play online and get it to install.
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As I mentioned in the thread you posted in the IWD2 forum, please tell us more about your system, it might help troubleshoot your problem :)
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systems specs.

i am running windows xp pro on a dell inspiron e1505 with a core 2 duo processor 2 g memory 120g hard drive a top of the line graphics and sound card. i had the game once be for on my laptop and it worked just fine. i even uninstalled a lot of games i was no longer playing just to make sure i had plenty of room on it. my anti-virus is avg 8.0. i have had the computer just over a year.
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when i put the hearts of winter cd in and hit install all it does is uninstalls every thing why is that and how can i fix that?
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a top of the line graphics and sound card
OK, can you be specific? :)

The reason I say this is because people can experience problems trying to play IWD with newer Nvidia cards. (specifically, the 8800 series)

When I installed IWD on my new computer (which sounds fairly similar to yours) it took a long time for the discs to actually install, and I was fully patched as well.

I'd guess that even with XP it can be tricky to run older games on newer machines.
when i put the hearts of winter cd in and hit install all it does is uninstalls every thing why is that and how can i fix that?
Are you certain it is actually uninstalling everything and not simply updating your game?
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i am still having the problem of it only wanting to uninstall every thing when i try to install the exspation pack cd why is that.
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Because when you install an expansion, it overwrites a good amount of game files, permanently editing them.

You will have to uninstall the entire thing.
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