Hanging?

[kalo661]

So, Looked around, asked them..
Sony's Answer is to download there Launcher, which needs an eq subscription :/
Also, tried to update CD-ROm Drive Drivers, but said they were good.

So, i cant figure out why that prompt freezes.

[Shendare]

Your drive/driver may be acting particularly temperamental. You could try coaxing it a little...

When you get the prompt to Insert Disc 2, swap out the discs, but don't click OK yet.

Let Disc 2 spin up, then open Windows Explorer (Windows + E) and browse to the drive. Make sure you can see the files on it.

Now, before the disc spins back down, Alt-Tab back to the setup window and click OK.

See if that helps at all.

If it doesn't, you could try copying Disc 2 to your hard drive somewhere (Desktop would be fine), then when setup prompts for the disc, browse to the hard drive location instead.

[kalo661]

Thanks for the suggestions. Sadly the first one won't work, but it is being recognized on the drive. But now it won't let me click "browse" that freezes it too.

[Shendare]

Okay.

Starting with the last disc in the set and working your way back to #1, try copying all of the files from all of the discs into a folder on your hard drive... all of the discs copied into the same destination, allowing files to overwrite when prompted.

Now, run setup.exe from within the folder on your hard drive.

Hopefully, setup will find all of the files it needs right there in the folder, and won't prompt for any disc insertions.

- Shendare

[vales]

Try downloading the newest InstallShield. There were issues trying to uninstall the game a while back, and downloading the newest version helped uninstall the game completely. In your case, it may help with the installation.

Some other specs for your PC may help as well. Could be motherboard drivers for all we know.

If you bought the retail game, just register your CD Key and download the game from them. It will download the expansions you own that's verified by the CD Key. That may work also.

Register the CD key from the discs to your Station Account using the My Account link at the top of the forums, then download the Station Launcher: h t t p://launcher.station.sony.com/ that will download all of the game files for all expansions you have registered to your account.

[kalo661]

Originally Posted by Shendare

Okay.

Starting with the last disc in the set and working your way back to #1, try copying all of the files from all of the discs into a folder on your hard drive... all of the discs copied into the same destination, allowing files to overwrite when prompted.

Now, run setup.exe from within the folder on your hard drive.

Hopefully, setup will find all of the files it needs right there in the folder, and won't prompt for any disc insertions.

- Shendare

Genius!

It worked, thanks for all your help, really appreciate it

[Sentrosi01]

Mine did this on CD 5. It worked fine on my other computer but I needed it installed on this machine. So I swapped cd-rom drives and the install went smooth.