trouble installing Bon Voyage and Pets expansion packs

[daria7483]

I just bought the Bon Voyage and Pets expansion packs (they're half off at Toys R Us through tomorrow!) When I tried to install the Pets expansion pack, all went smoothly until it told me to insert the second disk. I did, and the installation wouldn't progress any further. It was stuck on like 62 percent. The screen wasn't frozen or anything, but the bar telling me how far along it was wouldn't move anymore. After about a half hour, I tried to remove the disk, and it immediately told me I had to insert it to continue installation. I did, but still nothing happened. Then I finally cancelled the installation and tried again with Bon Voyage. Same thing. It has been sitting at 62 percent for about a half hour and says the current file is TSData\Control\control1.dat.

I've never had this issue with any expansion pack before, and I have university, holiday, business, glamour life and seasons. The only thing that's different this time is that I upgraded my RAM recently, going from 500 mbs to 1.5 gigs, but I'd played the game since then with no adverse effects.

Any thoughts?

[muffin-tacos]

First thing you gotta do is post your comp specs here please. :)

[daria7483]

Hmm okay...

Toshiba Satellite L25
Intel Celeron processor 1.4 GHz
Windows XP home edition, version 2002, service pack 2
1.37 GB of RAM
12.5 GB of free space on C drive (the one I'm installing to)

Let me know if you need anything else.

[Leticron]

I know...it's a long shot.
But does your CD-ROM "double" as a CD/DVD burner by any chance??
Anyhow..you have room enough so just create a temporary folder, go to "My Computer"
right-click on the CD drive and go to EXPLORE.
Pres CTRL-A to mark all, CTRL-C to copy the content, then open the newly created temp-folder and click CTRL-V for paste (it'll take a while ;) If that process finishes without any errors you can be sure, your CDs are OK.
Otherwise contact your retailer and exchange the set since they seem to be defective.
Now when it asks for Disk2 during installation, point it to the new folder and have it install from there.
(Once the installation went through ok...don't forget to delete that temp folder...to free up your Harddrive ;)
good luck
-le

[daria7483]

Okay...I'm a bit confused.

I copied and pasted the files from disk two into a temp folder as you suggested, and ran the first disk. But when it tells me to insert disk two, it only gives me the options of "cancel" or "okay" - there's no way to point it to the temp folder. Is there a file in the temp folder I created that I should click on? I'm a little scared of clicking on the wrong thing and making things even worse.

[Leticron]

I'm sorry... I didn't try to confuse you. I just tried to save you some time...and obviously failed terribly.

OK...here are EA's Instructions:

If you have tried these steps but you still cannot install the game, you may try a manual installation. Make sure to follow the steps below exactly as they read, or else the install may not work.

Double-click My Computer.
Right-click on the Local Disk C and choose Open.
Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder.
Name the folder Disk Images it is important that the name has a space in it.
Double-Click the new Disk Images folder to open it.
Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder.
Name this folder Disk1.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 while substituting Disk1 for Disk2. It is important to note there must not be a space between "Disk" and the number.
Insert Disk 1 of The Sims 2 Nightlife into your CD-ROM drive and if the autoplay starts, cancel it.
Double-click My Computer to open it.
Right-click on your CD-ROM drive and choose Open.
When you see the contents of the disk in the Window, click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Select All.
All the contents of the disk should now be highlighted, click on Edit at the top of the window again and choose Copy.
Open the Disk1 folder you created under C:\Disk Images; click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Paste. This will copy the contents of the CD into the Disk1 folder.
Repeat steps 9 through 14 for Disk 2 until you have copied each disk into its appropriate folder.
Once the disks have been copied, remove ALL CDs from any drives.
Open the Disk1 folder under Disk Images and double-click on autorun.exe to start the installation.
To save disk space, you can delete the Disk Images folders after the installation has completed.-le