spore won't start

[confused]

I am not able to start spore after i just got finsished playing it. i get a message saying the data directory is missing or corrupt. [1004] before i had this problem i wasnt able to put anything on my caracter i was basically a blob with horns. i just got to the crecher level

[ManagerJosh]

Error Code 1004: The game cannot find its data directory. Please reinstall the game.

Reference: http://terraspore.com/omnipedia/articles-2/spore-error-messages-and-error-codes-17/