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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:31 pm
Post subject: F.E.A.R install problem
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Hi all im new to this newsgroup because im more an adventure game player and
need some help from anyone with this problem, If this sort of asking for
help is not a part of this newsgroup please just delete it or flame me or
whatever... Ide like to play F.E.A.R and tell all you people here how good
it is but I cant get past the second cd in the install progress. Instead I
get a popup saying "feature transfer error" at top of box and :
Feature: default feature
Component: default component
File: F:\data3.cab
Error: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
With an "OK" box that when pressed takes me back to the desktop.
I have disabled my Virus protection when installing, I have tried to copy
the cds to my hard drive and install it from there but I get an error :
"Error copying file or folder" at the top of box and :
"Cannot copy data3: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
This too with the second cd, I have two hard drives and have tried to
install it to both of them as someone said to try it to the default C drive
the one the fear like the most with no luck. I have tried both my cd roms
both are burners one a cd burner the other a dvd burner. I have tried to
change the properties of the "shared documents" folder in "all users" to
uncheck the attributes of "read only" but when I make the change and press
aply it reverts back to the greyed tick in the box, no matter how many times
I change it it reverts back. SSoooo dose anyone know how to get this sucker
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:38 pm
Post subject: Re: F.E.A.R install problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:31:05 GMT, "Gabriel Knight"
<fairmontxabc DeleteThis @bigpond.com> wrote:
>Hi all im new to this newsgroup because im more an adventure game player and
>need some help from anyone with this problem, If this sort of asking for
>help is not a part of this newsgroup please just delete it or flame me or
>whatever... Ide like to play F.E.A.R and tell all you people here how good
>it is but I cant get past the second cd in the install progress. Instead I
>get a popup saying "feature transfer error" at top of box and :
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>Feature: default feature
>Component: default component
>File: F:\data3.cab
>Error: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
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>With an "OK" box that when pressed takes me back to the desktop.
There was some discussion in this group, about a similar error, not
that long ago.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/browse_thr.../thread
I hope that link wraps OK for you. If not, paste the full URL into
your browser. I would use a "short link" but a lot of people are wary
of such things as they can (and have been) used to lead people to
malicious websites.
If this is indeed the same problem then it is a FAT32 vs NTFS issue.
Good luck anyway.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:58 pm
Post subject: Re: F.E.A.R install problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Do you have Windows 98 ?? Or are you trying to install to FAT32 partition
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The link Rob gives here Re: Disc problems is IMHO rather an extreme and
unlikly explanation of your problem..
ANYWAY the largest file in a FEAR install is 3.6 Gigs ..within FAT32's 4 Gig
limit ..
Do you have enough Disc space ???
The give-away to my eyes is your error Message;
"Cannot copy data3: data error (cyclic redundancy check)"
This suggests that the FEAR Disc is currurpted and you should get a
replacement
That would be my favourite Bet anyway..
Mouse
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:25 am
Post subject: Re: F.E.A.R install problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi I have win Xp and with an NTFS partition today im going to see if I can
either get a refund or a swap for the dvd version from the shops, oh and I
have plenty of disk space some 20 gig, thanks everyone if I get the swap and
it works I'll post here.
Thanks Shaun
aka Gabriel Knight
> Do you have Windows 98 ?? Or are you trying to install to FAT32
> partition ?
> The link Rob gives here Re: Disc problems is IMHO rather an extreme and
> unlikly explanation of your problem..
> ANYWAY the largest file in a FEAR install is 3.6 Gigs ..within FAT32's 4
> Gig limit ..
> Do you have enough Disc space ???
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> The give-away to my eyes is your error Message;
> "Cannot copy data3: data error (cyclic redundancy check)"
> This suggests that the FEAR Disc is currurpted and you should get a
> replacement
> That would be my favourite Bet anyway..
> Mouse
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:07 am
Post subject: Re: F.E.A.R install problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi all I swaped the 5 cd version for the 1 cd dvd version and it installed
perfectly just now im having trouble getting sound to work with my
soundblaster vibra 128 sound card oh well sutch is life
Shaun
> Hi all im new to this newsgroup because im more an adventure game player
> and need some help from anyone with this problem, If this sort of asking
> for help is not a part of this newsgroup please just delete it or flame me
> or whatever... Ide like to play F.E.A.R and tell all you people here how
> good it is but I cant get past the second cd in the install progress.
> Instead I get a popup saying "feature transfer error" at top of box and :
>
> Feature: default feature
> Component: default component
> File: F:\data3.cab
> Error: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
>
> With an "OK" box that when pressed takes me back to the desktop.
>
> I have disabled my Virus protection when installing, I have tried to copy
> the cds to my hard drive and install it from there but I get an error :
>
> "Error copying file or folder" at the top of box and :
>
> "Cannot copy data3: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
>
> This too with the second cd, I have two hard drives and have tried to
> install it to both of them as someone said to try it to the default C
> drive the one the fear like the most with no luck. I have tried both my cd
> roms both are burners one a cd burner the other a dvd burner. I have tried
> to change the properties of the "shared documents" folder in "all users"
> to uncheck the attributes of "read only" but when I make the change and
> press aply it reverts back to the greyed tick in the box, no matter how
> many times I change it it reverts back. SSoooo dose anyone know how to get
> this sucker to install? Many thanks in advance, Shaun B.
>
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
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>"..I swaped the 5 cd version for the 1 cd dvd version and it installed
>perfectly "
Hooray !..congratulations ...now you can spend a measurable part of your
life
rushing around endless corridors that all look the same ...
I allways play with the sound off anyway and listen to my own music or the
Radio.
Mouse
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:46:34 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<NOspam.RemoveThis@spam.not> wrote:
>>"..I swaped the 5 cd version for the 1 cd dvd version and it installed
>>perfectly "
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>Hooray !..congratulations ...now you can spend a measurable part of your
>life
>rushing around endless corridors that all look the same ...
>I allways play with the sound off anyway and listen to my own music or the
>Radio.
>Mouse
>@@@@
I am struggling so badly with this game. More so than any other
shooter I can remember. Ten or fifteen minutes is the most I can
manage without wanting to gouge my left eye out with the blunt end of
a hammer.
I don't think I've ever played a game that has such a slow "quicksave"
either. Takes about 10 seconds to "quicksave" on my P4 with 3gb RAM.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
Post subject: Re: F.E.A.R install problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Rob wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:46:34 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
> <NOspam.RemoveThis@spam.not> wrote:
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>>> "..I swaped the 5 cd version for the 1 cd dvd version and it installed
>>> perfectly "
>> Hooray !..congratulations ...now you can spend a measurable part of your
>> life
>> rushing around endless corridors that all look the same ...
>> I allways play with the sound off anyway and listen to my own music or the
>> Radio.
>> Mouse
>> @@@@
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> I am struggling so badly with this game. More so than any other
> shooter I can remember. Ten or fifteen minutes is the most I can
> manage without wanting to gouge my left eye out with the blunt end of
> a hammer.
>
> I don't think I've ever played a game that has such a slow "quicksave"
> either. Takes about 10 seconds to "quicksave" on my P4 with 3gb RAM.
I know you're not asking for advice, but you may want to try a good
defrag of your hard drive. Diskeeper Pro is worth every penny with it's
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:16:50 -0500, NuQ <nuq.DeleteThis@annonn.com> wrote:
>I know you're not asking for advice, but you may want to try a good
>defrag of your hard drive. Diskeeper Pro is worth every penny with it's
>"set it and forget it" feature, IMO.
All suggestions welcome, thanks.
I have defragged and I don't have any other problems, either OS wise
or with other games. Performance wise F.E.A.R runs as smooth as butter
with everything at maximum (1152 x 864 4 x AA & 4 X AF)
I just assumed that it was how it was supposed to be. I'm pretty sure
it was like that last time I had the game installed too.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
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Rob wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:16:50 -0500, NuQ <nuq.DeleteThis@annonn.com> wrote:
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>> I know you're not asking for advice, but you may want to try a good
>> defrag of your hard drive. Diskeeper Pro is worth every penny with it's
>> "set it and forget it" feature, IMO.
>
> All suggestions welcome, thanks.
>
> I have defragged and I don't have any other problems, either OS wise
> or with other games. Performance wise F.E.A.R runs as smooth as butter
> with everything at maximum (1152 x 864 4 x AA & 4 X AF)
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> I just assumed that it was how it was supposed to be. I'm pretty sure
> it was like that last time I had the game installed too.
It's been a couple of months since I played it, but I don't remember it
taking an especially long time on mine. If I can remember I'll fire it
up tonight and see. I've got a 2.8 (running at 2.95) P4 w/ 1 GB RAM,
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:49 pm
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:35:46 -0500, NuQ <nuq.DeleteThis@annonn.com> wrote:
>It's been a couple of months since I played it, but I don't remember it
>taking an especially long time on mine. If I can remember I'll fire it
>up tonight and see. I've got a 2.8 (running at 2.95) P4 w/ 1 GB RAM,
>7800GS.
Great, thanks.
If it turns out to be a problem with my PC I'll harvest the save game
folder, uninstall, then reinstall to see if that fixes it.
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:07 pm
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NuQ wrote:
> I know you're not asking for advice, but you may want to try a good
> defrag of your hard drive. Diskeeper Pro is worth every penny with it's
> "set it and forget it" feature, IMO.
You talking about the feature where it defrags in the background? Doing
that in the background will bring any game to it's knees. I have both
Diskeeper and Perfectdisk and on NTFS they are both pretty much
worthless. The one built into XP is fine and there is no appreciable
difference using a third party version that costs money. NTFS doesn't
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:07 pm
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Garrot wrote:
> NuQ wrote:
>
>> I know you're not asking for advice, but you may want to try a good
>> defrag of your hard drive. Diskeeper Pro is worth every penny with
>> it's "set it and forget it" feature, IMO.
>
> You talking about the feature where it defrags in the background? Doing
> that in the background will bring any game to it's knees.
Of course not, never do that especially when your gaming. The "set it
and forget it" feature of Diskeeper allows one to schedule a defrag
"after hours" or between any set period of time you choose.
I have both
> Diskeeper and Perfectdisk and on NTFS they are both pretty much
> worthless. The one built into XP is fine and there is no appreciable
> difference using a third party version that costs money. NTFS doesn't
> even need defragmenting very often.
Sure it does. Diskeeper can also be set to keep the page file from
fragmenting. You can also set it to do a boot-time defrag occasionally
to re-arrange all of the directories (not just files) for added speed
performance.
The version that's built into XP is taken from Executive Software, the
makers of Diskeeper, but it can't do what I mentioned above.
Very good investment, IMO. |
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:24 pm
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Rob wrote:
> I don't think I've ever played a game that has such a slow "quicksave"
> either. Takes about 10 seconds to "quicksave" on my P4 with 3gb RAM.
>
I'm guessing you've never played Vampire: Bloodlines. Great game, but
God-damn, the time it takes to make a savegame gets worse and worse as
you progress further through the game. Near the end of the game it was
getting into 20+ seconds, which kinda changed how I played. Vary rarely
saved after that, which I guess did help make things more fun as you
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