Hi,
I understand that officially Baldur’s Gate II doesn’t officially support Windows 2000 but the readme.txt does state that it will run in 2000 pretty well. I can’t seem to get it installed.
I get an error message at 43% of a recommended install when installing file C:\…\Black Isle\BGII – SoA\data\CHASound.bif – message states:
“Component transfer error”
Component: Required_Data
File Group: hd0_data
File: E:\data2.cab
Error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
if I try to open the data1.cab or data2.cab on the CD I get an error message stating “Winzip cannot open E:\data1(2).cab because it is not in the standard Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998). The “signature bytes” required by the Microsoft CAB specification are missing.”
None of the other installs (minimum or full) work either. As soon as it wants to access that same file (CHASound.bif) at whatever percent it pops up, the same exact error occurs.
I'm running a PII ~ 300mhz (66mhz BUS), 392 mb RAM, GeForce I - 32mb DDR RAM, Toshiba OEM 32x CD-ROM, Windows 2000 SP1, with every update possible on [url="http://www.WindowsUpdate.com"]www.WindowsUpdate.com[/url] and DirectX 8, which by the way, does not report any errors.
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"If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
[This message has been edited by TransAm (edited 12-30-2000).]
Installation Issue/Error I HAVEN'T seen posted anywhere
Installation Issue/Error I HAVEN'T seen posted anywhere
"If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
Are the crc errors always at the same file ? If yes, then probably that cd has errors (dirt, scratch...) and you should look to replace it. Perhaps one solution if you have enough space left on hard drive: Copy the cds to your hard disk (one directory) and start full installation from there, sometimes a copy without interruption avoid read errors.
But: I got CRC errors during installation of BG2 under W2K too. They appeared randomly, I tried it several times. Reason was not the PC hardware or the cds, Win98 installed on the same PC was able to install BG2 without any problems.
Interplay suggests to disable read ahead cache for the cd drive.
I did that but the crc check errors stayed. I installed it ignoring any errors reported, wrote the filenames of the reported files down and copied these files from an installed BG2 from another PC. I never got any crc-errors during play, BG2 runs fine.
But: I got CRC errors during installation of BG2 under W2K too. They appeared randomly, I tried it several times. Reason was not the PC hardware or the cds, Win98 installed on the same PC was able to install BG2 without any problems.
Interplay suggests to disable read ahead cache for the cd drive.
I did that but the crc check errors stayed. I installed it ignoring any errors reported, wrote the filenames of the reported files down and copied these files from an installed BG2 from another PC. I never got any crc-errors during play, BG2 runs fine.
How do I cancel the read-ahead for a cd-rom in Win2000? It is the exact same file everytime with any type of install. I installed the game almost perfectly on another pc that has Win95. On that machine though, I had to replace the CD-Rom drive first. It was an old OEM NEC 4x drive, when it started installing, it would do that know issue where it prompted for discs 2-5 really fast... A new CD-Rom resolved that issue. This one has got me stumped. I tried copying the CDs to the hard drive and they all copied fine except for Disc 1. It won't copy data2.cab file. Which is what reports the error when I try the install. But these same CDs installed successfully on the other pc. So I don't know.... and you said you installed it ignoring any errors... when I click OK to the error, the install window closes... You mentioned copying files... but like I said, it just won't do that... argh
"If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
different cd-drives (different hardware / firmware / version) never react identical when there are small problems with the cd. The error handling of one cd can easily handle errors on a cd where another cd drive reports bad media.
I have to look how to disable read ahead on W2K, don't know it exactly from memory.
If a copy-to-disk on the Win95 PC works and the two PC are connected via network, then you could perhaps do that trick copying to hard disk over network and then install on the W2K from a hard disk directory.
Even if this works I would suggest to make a backup copy of that CD1, if you don't have a CDRW then perhaps a friend can do it for you.
I have to look how to disable read ahead on W2K, don't know it exactly from memory.
If a copy-to-disk on the Win95 PC works and the two PC are connected via network, then you could perhaps do that trick copying to hard disk over network and then install on the W2K from a hard disk directory.
Even if this works I would suggest to make a backup copy of that CD1, if you don't have a CDRW then perhaps a friend can do it for you.
I have a second hard drive on this pc that has Windows 2000... what I'm currently looking up is the way to set it up for a dual-boot configuration and have Win98SE on the second hard drive. I'm just wondering if all that trouble would make a difference. My Win95 and Win2000 (favorite O/S's so far) are not networkable. They are about 3 hr drive from each other 
( I guess I can give the CD one more good buffin'... and that's a no-go, start looking to return/replace this copy of BGII. I have been wanting to purchase a new CD-Rom/RW... so maybe this'll be my excuse to spend the mooola $$$$... You're a good guy, I've seen a lot of your posts.
( I guess I can give the CD one more good buffin'... and that's a no-go, start looking to return/replace this copy of BGII. I have been wanting to purchase a new CD-Rom/RW... so maybe this'll be my excuse to spend the mooola $$$$... You're a good guy, I've seen a lot of your posts."If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
Sorry, took some time because I'm a bit confused and had to look up some things:
I don't find how to disable read ahead cache for an atapi cdrom. The one PC I installed it is a pure SCSI system and there is an option (MMC->cdrom/properties/drivers), but on another machine with a standard ide cdrom there is no option for caching ...
Looks like it's vendor-specific.
Sorry, but currently I don't have any ideas for a quick solution.
btw, thx
I don't find how to disable read ahead cache for an atapi cdrom. The one PC I installed it is a pure SCSI system and there is an option (MMC->cdrom/properties/drivers), but on another machine with a standard ide cdrom there is no option for caching ...
Looks like it's vendor-specific.
Sorry, but currently I don't have any ideas for a quick solution.
btw, thx
My next move is to replace BGII with a new set of CDs. Replacing the CD-Rom drive will be difficult because the face of it is built into the case. Thanks to Gateway for that one (I know, I know...). I almost didn't want to mention the "G" word. There's always Diablo II which I've never had an issue with, not once... no crashes or anything. Maybe BioWare should get with the Diablo II team and get some tips. I loved BGI, and all this brought back the old memories from that game and how unreliable and buggy it was. I wish I'd remembered ahead of time. I could have prepared. You'd think they would have learned their lesson from the first one. I love Baldur's Gate I and II and will pull out my hair and grind my teeth till it installs. Like I said, CDs 2-4 copy to the hard drive just fine. Copying CD 1 fails when copying that data2.cab file. Maybe it is just the CD that's got problems because there is the data1.cab and data3.cab and data4.cab and they all copy fine.
"If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
Bioware's 1st tech support response indicated that they have tested BGII on over 150 different system configurations and that the CD burn is just fine. Their 2nd response to my actual issue as stated previously in here was that the CD *must* be bad. I replaced the CDs and the install was successful. I'm now a very happy happy man; I just hope my wife can understand )
)"If you had enough time to do it over, then you had enough time to do it right the first time."
