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Problems installing on Dell M70

August 3, 2006 5:37:43 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Don't know if this the place to ask, but I am having problems loading the game on my Dell M70. It loaded ok on my desktop machine but I wanted to be able to take it with me on the road.

When I try to install the game on the M70, the first screen comes up and asks if I want to install. I click yes and then the machine hangs up. Checking the task manager after 2-4 minutes shows that the program is not responding and I have to reboot to get it to stop.

any one else have the problem? Any suggestions to fixing so I can load the machine.

Thanks, Chris
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Reply #1 August 3, 2006 6:58:37 PM
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If the installer won't work on your laptop but it has a decent internet connection, the simple (though time-consuming) option would be to get Stardock Central and simply install GC2 via download.
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Reply #2 August 3, 2006 9:07:43 PM
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Dell =   

There's a reason why they are cheap. They are cheap.
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Reply #3 August 3, 2006 11:11:50 PM
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I never had any problems installing the game on my M70. My school issues the laptops and a problem that we encountered that might match this error is that some disk drives wouldn't read some types of disks properly, but it was a rare occurance. Beyond that, I can't help you.

I'd go with the downloading route if that would be easier. If it doesn't install with that, then there is a serious problem with your computer, memory being the main problem we've found. Annoying memory parity errors.
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Reply #4 August 4, 2006 2:05:53 PM
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You could also archive your copy of GalCiv2 on your laptop and transfer the archives to your laptop (burn a disc, use a thumbdrive, etc).  Then you would just need to install Stardock central and use it to restore the archives.  You'll need to delete the sig.bin file so that it can re-activate on the laptop, though.
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Reply #5 August 8, 2006 12:29:55 PM
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Trying to download from Stardock Central, but it gets to "extracting: STARS.txt" with 1% complete and then doesn't lock up, but it sits there with the icon world whirling around behind the computer monitor, but nothing more is going on.

Any thoughts?
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Reply #6 August 8, 2006 1:36:20 PM
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You might try turning off your virus scanner during the operation.
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Reply #7 August 8, 2006 9:10:47 PM
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Fixed it by booting in safe mode and installing game. First time I have ever had to do that.
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