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ninjadust

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recently my computers been freezing briefly and sometimes shuts itself down, the other day i tried to install world of warcraft (which ive done so befor without any problems) and this came up like 10% of the way through the first disk

"An error was detected while verifying the contents of the file "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data\common.MPQ". There may be a problem with your system, or with the drive at C:\. You can attempt to install again. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support."

i tried reinstalling but the same thing happend again, any ideas whats wrong :confused:
 
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ninjadust

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sigh got up to disk 3 and the same thing appeared, il try to defrag now but what do you mean by disk check? like check for scratches? cuz theyr all in perfect condition
 
onesandzeros

onesandzeros

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ninjadust said:
sigh got up to disk 3 and the same thing appeared, il try to defrag now but what do you mean by disk check? like check for scratches? cuz theyr all in perfect condition
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go to dos prompt


c:chkdsk/f

or you can also go to the "tools" tab ,just right click then properties,and check for errors


crap cleaner also helps
 
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ninjadust

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onesandzeros said:
go to dos prompt


c:chkdsk/f

or you can also go to the "tools" tab ,just right click then properties,and check for errors


crap cleaner also helps
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ok i tried doing a disk check but part way through it stopped and said error or something.. i also defragged my computer and tried to install WoW again and it stopped at the 3rd disk again saying the same message as befor

on another point sometimes when i turn on my computer itl say theres something wrong with it i cant remember what it says exactly and i have to choose "start windows normally" for it to go and even then sometimes it will just go back to that screen and a couple of times ive started up my computer i think its showing windows 98 or something cuz the start bar and stuff look oldschool so i restart and it goes back to normal
 
Dean11

Dean11

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i had this exact problem when installing wow. i fixed it by clearing the temporary files. goto folder options and check "show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "hide protected operating system files" then goto c:/documents and settings/user/local settings/temp, once your there click edit-select all and delete all the files

after that make sure all program files of it are gone and reinstall it. it might also be worth a try to install it in safe mode
 
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ninjadust

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Dean11 said:
i had this exact problem when installing wow. i fixed it by clearing the temporary files. goto folder options and check "show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "hide protected operating system files" then goto c:/documents and settings/user/local settings/temp, once your there click edit-select all and delete all the files

after that make sure all program files of it are gone and reinstall it. it might also be worth a try to install it in safe mode
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alright cool i did that il try installing now, il let u guys know how it goes
 
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ninjadust

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onesandzeros said:
I suspect a bad HDD, if you have another HDD with an OS,make that HDD the primary disk and make the original HDD the slave or 2ndary,then checkdisk it,and defrag again
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sorry but i dont have the slightest clue how to do that lol could u explain again for a noob? :p
 
onesandzeros

onesandzeros

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ninjadust said:
sorry but i dont have the slightest clue how to do that lol could u explain again for a noob? :p
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Well Ist of all what HDD do you have? SATA?IDE?

ok heres a quick question,,,do you have another spare empty HDD which can be reformated? if yes...remove your old hdd put the spare hdd and install a new OS to that hdd ....after done connect your old make it slave (if IDE) or secondary(is SATA) then do a checkdsk


Im not sure if it will work,but trying wont hurt
 
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ninjadust

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onesandzeros said:
Well Ist of all what HDD do you have? SATA?IDE?

ok heres a quick question,,,do you have another spare empty HDD which can be reformated? if yes...remove your old hdd put the spare hdd and install a new OS to that hdd ....after done connect your old make it slave (if IDE) or secondary(is SATA) then do a checkdsk


Im not sure if it will work,but trying wont hurt
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that didnt really help sigh nvm i just wont play world of warcraft siigh
 
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