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Ilander · 02-21-2004, 09:23 AM

Have a friend with an external hard drive? If you do, then you can install the game on their computer, move the files to your computer, putting them in the same place as the original files...there may be some serial number issues (I'm not sure, but if there are, use this ONLY to be able to reinstall)...
I don't mean to sound irrate with this, but REMEMBER! NEVER DELETE A PROGRAM! IT STAYS ON THE PROGRAM LIST BUT CANNOT BE UNINSTALLED, BECAUSE THE COMPUTER CAN NO LONGER FIND IT!

That's not the only solution, but it's the one I've used the most, because I DO have an external hard-drive...

PS: Deleting things does not remove them from your system, as you've now found out...There are programs out there that DO, though they can be devastatingly effective...I use an erasing program called "Eraser 53" and it's vicious...and it keeps those deleted things from being in my hard drive, which probably slows things down anyway...

Sorry for the long post...

02-21-2004, 09:23 AM	#4
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Have a friend with an external hard drive? If you do, then you can install the game on their computer, move the files to your computer, putting them in the same place as the original files...there may be some serial number issues (I'm not sure, but if there are, use this ONLY to be able to reinstall)... I don't mean to sound irrate with this, but REMEMBER! NEVER DELETE A PROGRAM! IT STAYS ON THE PROGRAM LIST BUT CANNOT BE UNINSTALLED, BECAUSE THE COMPUTER CAN NO LONGER FIND IT! That's not the only solution, but it's the one I've used the most, because I DO have an external hard-drive... PS: Deleting things does not remove them from your system, as you've now found out...There are programs out there that DO, though they can be devastatingly effective...I use an erasing program called "Eraser 53" and it's vicious...and it keeps those deleted things from being in my hard drive, which probably slows things down anyway... Sorry for the long post... __________________ Is that what you really want to say?