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Second HD and PC games

  • 08-05-2006 1:42pm
    #1
    HighWire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭


    Hey guys, question for ye.

    Got a second HD for my brother in laws PC, his first one only has 40GB
    and was running out of space.
    He has a good few PC games and I thought a second drive
    would solve his problems.

    Heres the thing though………………………
    When he goes to install a game on the new drive
    he gets a "continuing this installation could cause
    the system to become unstable" type message.

    Any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    What operating system is the PC running ?

    Was the drive formatted with a file system correctly ?

    What game gives this error message ?


  • #3
    HighWire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭HighWire


    8T8 wrote:
    What operating system is the PC running ?

    Was the drive formatted with a file system correctly ?

    What game gives this error message ?

    OS is WinXP Home
    Drive was formatted fine - as NTFS btw
    Game is FIFA06


  • #4
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Okay nothing sounds out of the ordinary. Can you copy data back and forth from the new HD without error ?

    Does the error message you are given allow you to dismiss it and simply install the game anyway ?


  • #5
    HighWire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭HighWire


    Yeah all that can be done.

    The game just blocks it, wont let you continue.
    I've emailed EA to see if its a game restriction.


  • #6
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Hmm that is unusual cant think of anything myself as to a reason why, does the installer allow you to install the game on the C:\ drive if so then it's probably a bug in EA's installer.


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  • #7
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I'm in the same boat - a crappy 6Gb drive on my machine. But I happily install all my games (Half-Life 2, FIFA '05, Doom 3) onto my external USB drive and they run fine.

    Check disk management in My Computer and see if there is anything unusual there.


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