Sims three stuck on loading

jaza · 07-02-2009, 07:19 AM

My Sims 3 screwed up so I uninstalled it and am now trying to re install it but it won't load after file 3 out of 517 it has been on file 3 all day and it has no timer down the bottom telling how long it has got left. I tried the mac resting twice and resting the re install four times. I have a 2.66 ghz macbookpro with 4gb ram with 100gb free hard drive space so its not that. Also the cd drive is constanly powering up and down, i don't wanna break my mac by leaving it in there, so I Don't know what to do, please help??,, i also removed all the other files our of documents and the library.. as well as, i might need to manually unintall some other stuff that the reinstall might be clashing with, if anybody knows what is going on please help... thanks in advance

**Aus_Karlos** · 07-03-2009, 03:04 AM

Make sure the CD/DVD is free from dust. Take it out the drive and clean it.
Also before you try and install again make sure that you have deleted all the files from the original installation.
Sims 3 is located in C:\Program Files\EA Games\Sims 3
or
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Sims 3

**RockmasteR** · 07-03-2009, 06:45 AM

also try to copy the DVD content to your HDD and try the installation from there

07-02-2009, 07:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
jaza Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6 OS: Mac OSX	Sims three stuck on loading My Sims 3 screwed up so I uninstalled it and am now trying to re install it but it won't load after file 3 out of 517 it has been on file 3 all day and it has no timer down the bottom telling how long it has got left. I tried the mac resting twice and resting the re install four times. I have a 2.66 ghz macbookpro with 4gb ram with 100gb free hard drive space so its not that. Also the cd drive is constanly powering up and down, i don't wanna break my mac by leaving it in there, so I Don't know what to do, please help??,, i also removed all the other files our of documents and the library.. as well as, i might need to manually unintall some other stuff that the reinstall might be clashing with, if anybody knows what is going on please help... thanks in advance

07-03-2009, 03:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,426 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Sims three stuck on loading Make sure the CD/DVD is free from dust. Take it out the drive and clean it. Also before you try and install again make sure that you have deleted all the files from the original installation. Sims 3 is located in C:\Program Files\EA Games\Sims 3 or C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Sims 3 __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

07-03-2009, 06:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,127 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Sims three stuck on loading also try to copy the DVD content to your HDD and try the installation from there __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!