Installation Error on x64 XP

[Lupononcrepi]

I recently purchased and installed a second hard drive, and wanted to reinstall Civ 4 and BtS to the new drive, so as to free up space on my first one. I uninstalled Civ 4 (I was intending to play a few months ago, but got distracted by other new, sparkly games, and never bothered to instal BtS), and now when I try to install to the new drive, I get the following error, "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)."

I'm running x64 XP with SP2.

 

[ori]

crc errors are due either to a faulty drive or a faulty or dirty disc. try cleaning the disc with a soft cloth...

 

[NP300]

crc errors are due either to a faulty drive or a faulty or dirty disc. try cleaning the disc with a soft cloth...

It could also be a faulty cable/connection, and possibly a faulty motherboard controller.

 

[Lupononcrepi]

Okay, I cleaned it, and got it installed, but now when I try to patch with 1.74, I get this error message:

"The setup has detected that version 1.09.000 of Sid Meier's Civilization IV is already installed.

The setup is not compatible with this version.

You will have to uninstall the previous version before installing this version."


I'm using the Civilization Chronicles release, if that makes any difference.

 

[Lupononcrepi]

Never mind, I updated to 1.61 first, and it worked fine.

 

[Lupononcrepi]

Now that I've updated, and installed BtS, the game crashes when I try to open it, and I can't install the patch.

 

[ori]

you probably need this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

 

[Lupononcrepi]

How does one use it? I can't get the instructions on the Microsoft website since the dude I bought this computer from decided he was too cheap to pay for a license, and only told me after I put all my important files on it.

 

[ori]

you need an updated directx 9c version - it is possible that the redistributable version (you'll need to search for it) might work...

 

[Lupononcrepi]

I've located the redistributable version, but I don't know how to use it. It's a self extractor that unpacks a ton of files and I'm not sure it it wants me to put them somewhere special, or just use one specific one or what.

 

[ori]

there is a file called dsetup.exe or dxsetup.exe in there - you need to extract the whole thing and then run that - afterwards you can delete the extracted stuff

 

[Lupononcrepi]

Thank you.

 

[Lupononcrepi]

Hm, it seems that didn't help. BtS is still crashing when I try to run it.

 

[ori]

is there an error message in the windows event manager after the crash?