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Was gonna play again, but won't install.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:00 pm
by Skuld
Now I was gonna give BG another go around since it's been a while, and now it won't install. Any tips? Thanks.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:08 pm
by Stilgar
Well, please be more acurate with your problems.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:20 pm
by Skuld
The autorun comes up, I click install, the cursor goes to pointer with hourglass, then the autorun window is gone and nothing. I've tried running the installer directly, but that doesn't work either. I've never had this problem before, and I've installed the game on this machine several times with these discs (Original Saga).
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:47 pm
by Wayfarer
Are you on XP? Did you get an error message at all?
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:51 pm
by Bluestorm
Have you tried installing other programs since you've had this problem
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:57 pm
by Skuld
Yes I'm on XP, but not SP 2. I never got an error message, and no I haven't tried to install anything since.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:00 pm
by Wayfarer
Check for these files in WINNT/system32:
- config.nt
- autoexec.nt
- command.co or .com
If any are missing go to the REPAIR folder in WINNT, copy the respective one, and paste in system32.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:04 pm
by Bluestorm
Try to install another program see if the cd is have a problem reading the CD.
well start with that.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:58 pm
by Skuld
I have autoexec and config, but the only command I have is the MS-DOS prompt thing. Is that what you're askin about? And if not there's no command anything in the repair folder
And BGII installs just fine. For those of you asking if anything else would install.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:48 am
by Wayfarer
Have you tried the other options on the autorun screen to see if they work?
Is the disk scratched badly?
Does the music play with the autorun?
I have the 5CD, but expect them to start the same at least.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:19 am
by Skuld
I did experience one interesting phenomenon. While I was installing BGII afterwards to see if something else would install a dialogue window popped up and said that the BG:TotSC disc was not in the drive(wrong volume or something like that). I think I'm gonna try installing again after work and just leave the CD in for a while and see what happens.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:03 am
by Shodan
If you have enough HD space, copy ALL Cd's to your HDD then run the install from your HDD.
When my installed failed a few times in a row, I did it this way. Worked like a charm.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:10 pm
by Skuld
I'll give that a try tonight, sounds like the easiest route.