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Makato
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 18
Location: den haag |
hey everybody,
as it seems, my cd of gothic 1 has been damaged to much, it wont make me instal the last few movies (those .bik file) i was wondering, if i let it instal till i get to those and then cancel to instal (making sure that the other files are stilll on the comp) would i be able to play? but skipping those movies?
what i also wanna ask, i do have the orginal version of gothic, it wouldent be iligal if i download my version again from a site or bit torrent right? |
Sun May 15, 2005 2:00 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
Playing without the movies shouldn´t be a problem, I think. You can copy one of the other movies and change the name.
Do you have a shop near you which polishes CDs for a few bucks? They can save most CD if the damages are only on the surface.
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Sun May 15, 2005 7:53 pm |
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Makato
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 18
Location: den haag |
when i try to instal, i get this little thing, even if i cancel at 90% its still mising the file to start gothic up, making sure i cant play it without a 100% instal |
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Fri May 20, 2005 6:40 pm |
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Wulf
The Shepherd
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 2312
Location: North/West.England |
Hello Makato,
There is a free download (30 day evaluation) of the "cd-check" program. It is ideal for checking the data on cd disks. It can report on corrupted data tracks, crc errors etc' - - but also there is a repair function which has unique data repair method.
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/cd-recovery.html
Maybe copy data first to hddd ? - - then repair ?
Worth a try......... 
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Fri May 27, 2005 8:49 am |
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Makato
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 18
Location: den haag |
good to see you again Wulf, im still working on getting the true face of chronamin (sp?) and im gonna download the cd-fix thing now, thank you
p.s. i still have no idea where the chronamin seeker sub forum is  but im still looking 
hope we can still find the anwser to the secret of the books
yours truly, Makato |
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:44 pm |
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Wulf
The Shepherd
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 2312
Location: North/West.England |
Sure hope you can sort out the installation problem Makato, don't give up trying!......
I will send you a forum PM explaining the chromanin situation.
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:29 pm |
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Makato
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 18
Location: den haag |
after whiping the comp clean, i lost gothic. although i still have may saves backed up. installing gothic has the same old problems again. i tried to open the cd with the "Explore" option, but it wont move anything for some reason. and cd check just doesnt work anymore. problem is, after the movies, gothic installs the .exe, to start it up. i have all the files and maybe half the credits, but no way to start it up.
any aid would be loved..and appreciated.
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Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:48 pm |
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Wulf
The Shepherd
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 2312
Location: North/West.England |
Hey there Makato,
Did you try installing in another machine or borrow a cd-rom drive off a friend, it could be something as simple as that. If the cd-check prog' isn't working then there is a serious "ide" read problem.
Obviously at that point it's worth checking the latest mother-board chipset driver and the ide driver (especially if isn't an integrated driver) e.g 4 in 1, etc'
Do you have a cd-writer or access to one? - sometimes making a back-up copy will regain lost data tracks, then try experimenting with different burn methods.
Failing this, maybe try obtaining another copy of G1. 
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Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:47 pm |
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Makato
Village Dweller
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 18
Location: den haag |
quote:
Originally posted by Wulf
Hey there Makato,
Did you try installing in another machine or borrow a cd-rom drive off a friend, it could be something as simple as that. If the cd-check prog' isn't working then there is a serious "ide" read problem.
Obviously at that point it's worth checking the latest mother-board chipset driver and the ide driver (especially if isn't an integrated driver) e.g 4 in 1, etc'
Do you have a cd-writer or access to one? - sometimes making a back-up copy will regain lost data tracks, then try experimenting with different burn methods.
Failing this, maybe try obtaining another copy of G1.
i tried using other cd drives, no avail
i looked at the ide problem, but it seems fine.
i dont have a cd burner =(
do you think, seeing i still have the original, i would be allowed by law to just download it from a bittorrent site? like the princible of roms and emulators?
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Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:14 pm |
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Wulf
The Shepherd
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 2312
Location: North/West.England |
Looks like the cd is beyond use Makato. Rpgdot does not condone the copying or downloading of games as it is classed as piracy but i sympathise with your situation.
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