catastrophic failure while installing

sniper_grim01 · 12-22-2003, 12:56 AM

wheni go to install bf it satrts setup and then comes up with catastrophic failure... i got a p4 1.4 intel gf ti 4800se 512mb ram i think it might be sumthing wrong with the cdrom or installsheild does anyone know ewat to do????

disfigured_LmKi · 12-22-2003, 01:11 AM

Try a freinds disc,

I had a game once that just would'nt install. Turned out to be the disc. Might save you a boat load of trouble-shooting. With any very poplular game like BF there's bound to be few lemons out there. Start there.

If it's not the disc, I'd try a basic hardware forum, sound like your CDRom may have issues.

FeuerKrieg14 · 12-22-2003, 10:36 PM

i had this problem once. but that was when i was big n00b with computers. i had deleted the bf1942 folder to "uninstall it". the registry was still there so i couldn't reinstall. system restore helped. (ps. i had deleted the folder because i thought something was wrong with BF because there were these weird squares, turns out my vid card wasn't compatible) sooo its either the cd or you had done what i had.

12-22-2003, 12:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
sniper_grim01 Private Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Australia (Canberra) Posts: 9	catastrophic failure while installing wheni go to install bf it satrts setup and then comes up with catastrophic failure... i got a p4 1.4 intel gf ti 4800se 512mb ram i think it might be sumthing wrong with the cdrom or installsheild does anyone know ewat to do????

12-22-2003, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
disfigured_LmKi Private Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lowell MA U.S.A Posts: 45	Try a freinds disc, I had a game once that just would'nt install. Turned out to be the disc. Might save you a boat load of trouble-shooting. With any very poplular game like BF there's bound to be few lemons out there. Start there. If it's not the disc, I'd try a basic hardware forum, sound like your CDRom may have issues. __________________

12-22-2003, 10:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
FeuerKrieg14 Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my room. Posts: 149	i had this problem once. but that was when i was big n00b with computers. i had deleted the bf1942 folder to "uninstall it". the registry was still there so i couldn't reinstall. system restore helped. (ps. i had deleted the folder because i thought something was wrong with BF because there were these weird squares, turns out my vid card wasn't compatible) sooo its either the cd or you had done what i had. __________________ [My player name is Froggin_Ashole42] ill be stuka-ing your arse on a server near you ;).