a technical issue

Thrain · Post by **Thrain** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:54 pm

i have a full install. unfortunately, one or two areas do not seem to have been installed. i can't copy them from the disk and the disk does not seem to read them when i need them.

what do i do?

Sain · Post by **Sain** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:05 pm

Re-install the game, or patch it. If you re-install, don't use the uninstaller that the game provides, it tends not to work. What version of windows are you using?

Thrain · Post by **Thrain** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:14 pm

i've re installed and patched twice. it's the same problem over and over. a couple of the area files cannot be read from the disks

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:21 pm

Sounds like the disc is losing the imprint of the contents. Try this: copy the disc in question at a very slow speed. The slower you go, the more likely you are to actually get the code that's fading, assuming it's even possible. Then try doing it install with that.

Note, I've done this successfully with audio discs, but never with game ones. So I can't say that it will work. But it's worth a try.

Thrain · Post by **Thrain** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:33 pm

cheers fable. how do i slow the speed?

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:41 pm

Thrain wrote:cheers fable. how do i slow the speed?

Depends on the copying software you're using, so I can't tell you that. Most, though, should offer you a choice of speeds when copying a full disc-to-disc. Some get as high as 45x or higher. I would suggest something along the lines of 5x, or even less, because you want the copy to be made very, very carefully.