{"id":134,"date":"2004-08-06T08:11:28","date_gmt":"2004-08-06T08:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alquier.org\/linfa\/create\/2004\/08\/06\/installation_he\/"},"modified":"2004-08-06T08:11:28","modified_gmt":"2004-08-06T08:11:28","slug":"installation_he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alquier.org\/laurent\/sites\/2004\/08\/06\/installation_he\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"233\" hspace=\"10\" src=\"\/linfa-net\/diary\/images\/doom01.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" vspace=\"10\" border=\"0\">Here is something you are not likely to read in the mountains of amazing reviews of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doom3.com\/\">Doom III<\/a> &#8211; <strong>a $60 game should not take 2 hours of battle to install.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like legions of other fans, I waited patiently the arrival of a new level of experience in PC games. I even avoided the rush of the first couple of days in a video game store and get my copy from a well supplied store. I finally got home with the precious box in my hands, opened and ploped the CD into my drive and&#8230;. nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Two seconds into the installation sequence, Windows installer decides this game is too evil for me and just rolls over&#8230; dead. Windows soon follows and begs for a reboot.<\/p>\n<p>Second attempt &#8211; I disable Norton Anti Virus in case it was the source of my problems&#8230; same result.<\/p>\n<p>Third attempt &#8211; the README file on the CD make a vague reference to the fact that the windows installer will detect if the PC has an older version and will install a new version automatically. Like that was going to happen&#8230; An installation and a reboot later, I finally get past the first CD. This time, the installation hangs on&nbsp; the second CD. Back to the drawing board&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fourth attempt &#8211; Copied all three CDs in separate directories (Disk1, Disk2 and Disk3) on my harddrive only to find out the installer cannot find the other folders after taking care of Disk1. <\/p>\n<p>Fifth attempt &#8211; Copied all CDs in a single folder, disabled Norton AntiVirus just in case and&#8230;. finally ! The installation went through&#8230; that is, until it reminded me that I had to install DirectX9b.<\/p>\n<p>A last reboot later, I can finally watch with anticipation Mars Station coming to life on my screen in all glorious colors, shadows and nightmarish screams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is something you are not likely to read in the mountains of amazing reviews of Doom III &#8211; a $60 game should not take 2 hours of battle to install. Like legions of other fans, I waited patiently the arrival of a new level of experience in PC games. 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