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  • m0ttz

    #1

    Installation Help!

    Alright so my brother just got his new computer today with Vista on it. He's trying to install BF2 now but everytime he tries to install it he gets an error, the error is "data3.cab 5 error" and "data4.cab 5 error" on disk 2 and 3.

    The game will then finish installing but once he tries to load the game up, his screen will go blank for a second, then crash back to his desktop.

    We've tried installing BF2 with his disks and my disks and he gets the same error. My disks are working perfectly fine because I had to reinstall this morning and it worked (this was on XP though).

    Any help would be appreciated,

    Thanks.
  • sava700

    #2
    he is running as Administrator.. latest DirectX updated? Windowsupdates done?

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    • m0ttz

      #3
      He is running as an Administrator, updated his DirectX and he did window updates earlier this morning.

      Just thought I should mention, we are using the 3 CD version of BF2.

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      • BPCrusher01
        Member
        • Mar 2006
        • 470

        #4
        Copy the discs to your HDD then install from there. This will frequently work. Vista is NOT the problem, likely a scratched disc or something like that.

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        • m0ttz

          #5
          I'll try that, but why is it happening with BOTH of the copies of the game?

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          • AmericanDad
            Member
            • Sep 2006
            • 659

            #6
            hmm why is bf2 on several disks? mine came on a single dvd

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            • sgt.collins

              #7
              mine came with 5 discs... haha
              do any discs work with the cd drive?

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