Installing Age of Empires 2...

Tarkan Attila · 03-01-2009, 08:48 AM

OK, so I'm trying to install AOE2 on my computer, but the setup crashes when it gets to "calculating disk space".

I think this may be because my boot drive is labelled "I", not "C", and it's looking for C, which I don't have. Is there any way to solve this?

**Aus_Karlos** · 03-03-2009, 05:47 AM

Hi Tarkan Attila and welcome to TSF,

Make sure the CD is not too scratched or has dirt on the surface. If its in a bad condition you can try to copy the CD your your Hard Drive into a new folder and run the installation from there.
The setup program will detect your drive letter as I and not C so that should be a problem.

Tarkan Attila · 03-04-2009, 04:22 PM

Yeah... I tried that, but it still crashed.

Actually, the real problem is that I've already had these games installed to my (flash) hard drive - a long time ago. I just want to get my AOE2 and and AOE2:Conquerors to stay in the file registry. Any way I can do that without re-installing them?

(And I DO have legitimate CDs.)

**Aus_Karlos** · 03-05-2009, 01:42 AM

If the game has already been installed once before and not properly un-installed then its possible there could still be some old installation files on your I drive that by default has selected your flash drive. But becasue it cannot find the HDD it crashes.

Use a registry cleaner like http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/ and then try and install.

03-01-2009, 08:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tarkan Attila Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: WINDOWS XP	Installing Age of Empires 2... OK, so I'm trying to install AOE2 on my computer, but the setup crashes when it gets to "calculating disk space". I think this may be because my boot drive is labelled "I", not "C", and it's looking for C, which I don't have. Is there any way to solve this?

03-03-2009, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
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03-04-2009, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tarkan Attila Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: WINDOWS XP	Re: Installing Age of Empires 2... Yeah... I tried that, but it still crashed. Actually, the real problem is that I've already had these games installed to my (flash) hard drive - a long time ago. I just want to get my AOE2 and and AOE2:Conquerors to stay in the file registry. Any way I can do that without re-installing them? (And I DO have legitimate CDs.)

03-05-2009, 01:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,443 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Installing Age of Empires 2... If the game has already been installed once before and not properly un-installed then its possible there could still be some old installation files on your I drive that by default has selected your flash drive. But becasue it cannot find the HDD it crashes. Use a registry cleaner like http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/ and then try and install. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home