CD 5? - Page 2

daan · 06-09-2002, 03:25 PM

Aww, crap .. im going insane ...
i cant find the 2nd CD5-thread anymore

daan · 06-09-2002, 03:27 PM

courtesy of the search-engine and Rudedawg :

General CD Install Troubleshooting

If you are having problems getting BG2 to install or BG2 asking for a CD5, you may want to try some of the following suggestions.

When changing CDs during the installation, let the drive spin-up and then stop. Then click OK and see if the installer recognizes the disc change. Do this for all the CDs that are requested.
Try checking for a firmware/BIOS update for your CD or DVD drive. We have had several reports of sucessfull installs of BG2 once a firmware update was applied. You will have to check with your CD/DVD drive manufacturer for this kind of update.
If for whatever reason you are unable to do a Recommended or Full install, but you can do a Minimum install, please read How to "fake" a larger install from a Minimum.
If you have multiple CD/DVD drives, only install from one and do not try to use all of your drives. For some reason, this is confusing InstallShield.
If you cannot do any install without getting some sort of error or crash and you have about 5 Gig of free hard drive space, you can try to copy all 4 CDs to your hard drive, then run the install from there. Please note, you must copy all 4 CDs to the same directory for the install to run. If you get prompted for the next CD, then you have not copied the files over properly, or you have missed some.
Try turning off DMA for your CD/DVD drive. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this checkbox by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Device Manager tab. Find your CD/DVD drive and bring up its Properties, then go to the Settings tab.
Try turning off your CD/DVD read-ahead. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this slider by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Performance tab. Down in the Advanced Settings frame, press the File System... button and move the slider all the way to the left. You may need to restart for this setting to take effect.

Xero279 · 06-09-2002, 07:05 PM

I would say its the TOB cd but i guess not.

Sir ReGiN · 06-10-2002, 03:00 AM

Hey thanks for digging that up Daan, but unfortunatley it still won't work :/
If anybody has any clue on what this is please say so.
Oh and it's not the ToB cd, I've tried

LennonCook · 06-10-2002, 04:48 AM

I have had the exact same problem, tried everything, including using my laptop for the game.
My friend could install it on theirs easily, no problems.

What operating system do you run ?? I`m pretty sure it has something to do with it. I run Win ME, on my laptop aswell; it works on my friends computer which has Win XP Home. If you have Win ME, upgrade it to Win XP is all I can suggest.

eLLithid · 06-10-2002, 07:00 AM

i HAVE xp AND tHeRe aRe No tRoUBlES

Northraven · 06-10-2002, 07:52 PM

I had the exact problem that you are having with the computer asking for CD5 on an install. My problem was that my CD drive tried to eat my CD1 one night and managed to punch a pin-hole in the disk

then when I tried to reinstall the game it would go through asking for all 4 discs before requesting "CD5" which is non-existant. Maybe check your CDs for signs of damage and if that is the case borrow a friends copy of the game while you send your damaged discs off for replacement.

Melusine · 06-11-2002, 04:11 AM

Ack... I had the exact same problem in the end as well, Sir R. The only thing that worked in the end for me:

Clear out your PC of any remaining BG2 files, then install. When it asks for the next CD, put it in, but LEAVE IT till the spinny noise ends.. I left it for about 2 minutes just to be safe. THEN click 'OK' and it will usually work. Repeat for CDs 3 and 4.

I really hope that helps - it's bloody frustrating isn't it?

LennonCook · 06-12-2002, 05:55 AM

Just asked on another forum, after I said that the troubleshooting didn`t work, I got this response:

Quote:

then make an image file of the install CD and use Daemon tools to install the game.

make a virtual cd device with Daemon tools, mount the image file, and use the virtual device instead of the CD.

hope that helps [img]smile.gif[/img]

www.daemon-tools.com

I have been having this problem since around Christmas; and the first response I get that might actually work is very impossible to understand. And I asked to be treated like I`m computer illiterate

EDIT It would seem that you can`t use HTML and UBB together on the same passage... the UBB makes it asif the HTML is closed before the text begins... wierd.

[ 06-12-2002, 05:59 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

Sir ReGiN · 06-14-2002, 08:23 AM

well, I've tried everything you guys suggested and unfortunatley none of them worked

I'm gonna try mailing Black Isle about it, I'll keep posting on my progressions

Oh yeah, I have win 98 on my computer

[ 06-14-2002, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Sir ReGiN ]

06-09-2002, 03:25 PM	#11
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 39 Posts: 1,644	Aww, crap .. im going insane ... i cant find the 2nd CD5-thread anymore __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

06-09-2002, 03:27 PM	#12
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 39 Posts: 1,644	courtesy of the search-engine and Rudedawg : General CD Install Troubleshooting If you are having problems getting BG2 to install or BG2 asking for a CD5, you may want to try some of the following suggestions. When changing CDs during the installation, let the drive spin-up and then stop. Then click OK and see if the installer recognizes the disc change. Do this for all the CDs that are requested. Try checking for a firmware/BIOS update for your CD or DVD drive. We have had several reports of sucessfull installs of BG2 once a firmware update was applied. You will have to check with your CD/DVD drive manufacturer for this kind of update. If for whatever reason you are unable to do a Recommended or Full install, but you can do a Minimum install, please read How to "fake" a larger install from a Minimum. If you have multiple CD/DVD drives, only install from one and do not try to use all of your drives. For some reason, this is confusing InstallShield. If you cannot do any install without getting some sort of error or crash and you have about 5 Gig of free hard drive space, you can try to copy all 4 CDs to your hard drive, then run the install from there. Please note, you must copy all 4 CDs to the same directory for the install to run. If you get prompted for the next CD, then you have not copied the files over properly, or you have missed some. Try turning off DMA for your CD/DVD drive. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this checkbox by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Device Manager tab. Find your CD/DVD drive and bring up its Properties, then go to the Settings tab. Try turning off your CD/DVD read-ahead. For some people, this has allowed them to install. You can find this slider by going to your Control Panel, then to System, then to the Performance tab. Down in the Advanced Settings frame, press the File System... button and move the slider all the way to the left. You may need to restart for this setting to take effect. __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

06-09-2002, 07:05 PM	#13
Xero279 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 37 Posts: 1,360	I would say its the TOB cd but i guess not. __________________ <br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[music04]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/music04.gif\" /> Live to Rock, Rock to Live <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[rocking2]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/rocking2.gif\" /> <br />[url]\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/Xero279\" target=\"_blank\">...From The Mind of Xero</a>

06-10-2002, 03:00 AM	#14
Sir ReGiN Gold Dragon Join Date: August 11, 2001 Location: The land of blonde virgins Age: 43 Posts: 2,563	Hey thanks for digging that up Daan, but unfortunatley it still won't work :/ If anybody has any clue on what this is please say so. Oh and it's not the ToB cd, I've tried __________________ Take a look at your Promised Land<br />Your deed is that gun in your hand

06-10-2002, 07:00 AM	#16
eLLithid The Magister Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Underdark Posts: 123	i HAVE xp AND tHeRe aRe No tRoUBlES __________________ [No Need For A Signature]

06-10-2002, 04:48 AM	#15
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	I have had the exact same problem, tried everything, including using my laptop for the game. My friend could install it on theirs easily, no problems. What operating system do you run ?? I`m pretty sure it has something to do with it. I run Win ME, on my laptop aswell; it works on my friends computer which has Win XP Home. If you have Win ME, upgrade it to Win XP is all I can suggest.

06-10-2002, 07:52 PM	#17
Northraven Manshoon Join Date: July 13, 2001 Location: Currently a land called Weyrth... Age: 46 Posts: 195	I had the exact problem that you are having with the computer asking for CD5 on an install. My problem was that my CD drive tried to eat my CD1 one night and managed to punch a pin-hole in the disk then when I tried to reinstall the game it would go through asking for all 4 discs before requesting "CD5" which is non-existant. Maybe check your CDs for signs of damage and if that is the case borrow a friends copy of the game while you send your damaged discs off for replacement. __________________ \"Before the world was bent but after the great contagion, there was a civilization built in the image of the First Age. It sought to emulate the splendor of the bygone Golden Age, but it was in all ways less. It was a time of sorcery and heroism, of fabulous wonders and treacherous betrayals. Ruled by a decadent empire, it slipped inch by inch into barbarism and darkness, until one last cataclysm blotted it out forever. Yet, in it\'s sunset, it was a splendid thing, and glorious were the deeds of the Exalted.\"<br /><br />[url]\"http://www.sloganizer.net/en/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style7,Severed-spc-Fist.png\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

06-11-2002, 04:11 AM	#18
Melusine Dracolisk Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 6,541	Ack... I had the exact same problem in the end as well, Sir R. The only thing that worked in the end for me: Clear out your PC of any remaining BG2 files, then install. When it asks for the next CD, put it in, but LEAVE IT till the spinny noise ends.. I left it for about 2 minutes just to be safe. THEN click 'OK' and it will usually work. Repeat for CDs 3 and 4. I really hope that helps - it's bloody frustrating isn't it? __________________ [img]\"hosted/melusine.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Your voice is ambrosia

06-14-2002, 08:23 AM	#20
Sir ReGiN Gold Dragon Join Date: August 11, 2001 Location: The land of blonde virgins Age: 43 Posts: 2,563	well, I've tried everything you guys suggested and unfortunatley none of them worked I'm gonna try mailing Black Isle about it, I'll keep posting on my progressions Oh yeah, I have win 98 on my computer [ 06-14-2002, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Sir ReGiN ] __________________ Take a look at your Promised Land<br />Your deed is that gun in your hand

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