Special Forces install problem

[Ohais]

Ive tried about 4 times to install SF, but when the installation gets to ...devils_perch_client.zip, it says "Installation failed, please restart the installation from the beginning" i shut down all background apps, i deleted temp files, etc, so what should i do?

[Scinto]

check the disc isnt scratched.

if it is find a new one.

[Ohais]

i dont see a scratch, but i guess just get a new disc anyways because it gets stuck on the same place?

[xXSniper1432Xx]

who's this noob :p

but really, did you try a complete reinstall of everything?
vanilla>SF>1.4? might work but im no sure :/ does vanilla BF2 still work for you?

[Ohais]

lol whats up sniper

yep, i reinstalled bf2 then straight to SF and it did the same thing

vanilla works fine for me

ill just go out and spend the ten bucks for another one, this one i have is kinda old anyways so its probably scratched

[xXSniper1432Xx]

too bad you cant DL it, I'd give you my serial code for free since I dont even play SF anymore :p

PM me if you want it ;)

[Ohais]

its not the cd-key, its the actual disk because its some data error i think

[BPCrusher01]

WAIT! Try to copy the disc to the HDD first and install it from there. The files will sometimes transfer OK even if it won't install. Windows explorer doesn't seem to be as sensitive to IO speed as Installshield is. If you can't figure it out how to copy to HDD, post up.

[Ohais]

yeah please explain how to do that lol

[xXSniper1432Xx]

it's simple you just....

[kulamonster3]

Yo....you need to patch between BF2 and SF!!! I just did a fresh install and it forced me to patch to 1.1 before SF could be installed!!!!

So my question to you is did u patch?? and if so did u use the full patch??

Good Luck. IF it is the disk you can put it in one of those CD scratch removers and spin it a couple of times.

[BPCrusher01]

SF will patch itself to v1.1 when you install it.

To copy the discs to the HDD:
Go to my computer. Right click on the BF2/SF cd and select open or explore. Select all of the files on the CD and drag them to a folder on the HDD (or copy and paste them, same difference). Do this for all of the discs. I placed all if the disks in their own folders in one master folder, see attachment. Then, to run the install, go to yourfoldername -> BF2 -> Disc1 -> setup.exe. TO install SF, SFDisc1 ->setup.exe.

Then, patch to 1.41 after you are finished.

['oUtL@w']

Installing goes like this BF2, reboot, SF, reboot , patch to 1.41, reboot and then install PB setup in your programs folder and update it then last reboot just to be sure. That's all there is to it.

[Ohais]

im just going to go buy another disk , its only ten bucks and im pretty sure that its the disk so if it doesnt work, then ill do some of the HDD stuff

btw i am doing the BF2>SF>1.41 route so its not that

[xXSniper1432Xx]

thats right :)