fyreboltx
09-16-2008, 12:33 AM
Hello all, new here and sadly, I need help with installing this game. I'll try and keep it short.
I insert the disc, go through all the screens, the game installs and then the file decompression starts. As soon as that's completed, I get nothing. I can still see the setup tab on my task bar but there's no window. I click the tab but nothing pops up. Task manager shows nothing.
As soon as I try and open 'my computer' to see if it was installed, my system freezes. I manually force shut down (or whatever holding the power button 5 seconds is called), start back up and look at the installation directory and all I see are a bunch of documents and meaningless folders for which I'd think would have game data but they don't.
I've tried 3 times and every time, the same thing happens. I keep all my games on a separate harddrive (call it the 'g' drive), so I installed it there all 3 times. I read somewhere that you should install using default settings but I can't.. now whenever I try to install without going into "more options", it automatically installs on my 'g' drive. Even when I go to "more options" and set it to install on the default directory (c:/program files/MS games/etc. or whatever), it still installs on the 'g' drive. :confused:
My computer runs perfectly (I can play other games like Crysis, FEAR, HL2 fine) so I doubt it's an issue with the computer. Relevant specs if needed:
Windows XP Sp2
Asus M2N-E AM2
AMD X2 BE-2400 (2.3GHz, stock)
ASUS 512MB HD 3850 668MHz core, 1650MHz memory (stock)
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800
OS on a 320 Seagate 7200.10 SATA, 'g' drive is a 500GB WD Caviar SATA
Any help? This is pissing me off.:mad:
I insert the disc, go through all the screens, the game installs and then the file decompression starts. As soon as that's completed, I get nothing. I can still see the setup tab on my task bar but there's no window. I click the tab but nothing pops up. Task manager shows nothing.
As soon as I try and open 'my computer' to see if it was installed, my system freezes. I manually force shut down (or whatever holding the power button 5 seconds is called), start back up and look at the installation directory and all I see are a bunch of documents and meaningless folders for which I'd think would have game data but they don't.
I've tried 3 times and every time, the same thing happens. I keep all my games on a separate harddrive (call it the 'g' drive), so I installed it there all 3 times. I read somewhere that you should install using default settings but I can't.. now whenever I try to install without going into "more options", it automatically installs on my 'g' drive. Even when I go to "more options" and set it to install on the default directory (c:/program files/MS games/etc. or whatever), it still installs on the 'g' drive. :confused:
My computer runs perfectly (I can play other games like Crysis, FEAR, HL2 fine) so I doubt it's an issue with the computer. Relevant specs if needed:
Windows XP Sp2
Asus M2N-E AM2
AMD X2 BE-2400 (2.3GHz, stock)
ASUS 512MB HD 3850 668MHz core, 1650MHz memory (stock)
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800
OS on a 320 Seagate 7200.10 SATA, 'g' drive is a 500GB WD Caviar SATA
Any help? This is pissing me off.:mad: