Sims 2 DVD will not install at all. I have just built a new system and loaded Win XP SP2 and tried to install the Sims 2 on DVD. However, the DVD will not auto run and when I try to slect "setup.exe" from explorer the following error message appears ""setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application" and I cannot proceed any further with the instal. Any ideas gratefully accepted (apart from bin the Sims! ) System specs are : M/B:Gigabyte GA-K8NE, nForce4-4X s754 FSB1600, PCI-E, DDR400 Graphics:Gigabyte GF 6600LE Turbo SLI 256MB DDR, PCI-E RAM: 512Mb Non-ECC HDD: 200 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA lead free UDMA150 8MB Cache O/S: WinXP SP2 DVD R/W:Lite-on SHW-1635S-02C
LiteOn Drive? hmm... they have a good history. Any chance you installed the bundled Nero burning suite they include? If you did, try upgrading to the latest 6.x version and see if that solves the problem.... One other thought is the disc wasn't properly written correctly and is defective.
I had similar trouble trying to install Civilization 4 from a Liteon DVD RW drive ... I knew I was looking at disc reading errors when I tried installing the DVD on an antique Compaq laptop that had a DVD RO/CD RW There are a number of solutions you could try bu the quickest and simplest is also on EA support site: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]If the previous steps did not work, and you have 6GB of harddrive space available, you can try copying the disk files to your harddrive and installing without the CDs. Make sure to follow the steps below exactly as they read, or else the install may not work.[/FONT] For the DVD version: Insert the DVD into the DVD-rom drive. Exit the startup menu when it comes up. Double click My Computer, then right click on the DVD-rom drive with the game DVD in it and select Explore. Hold the CTRL key and then hit A. That should select all the folders and files. Then hold CTRL and hit C. This will not look like it does much, but it's preparing to copy the files. Close that folder and go to your desktop. Right click anywhere BUT (NOT ) on an icon, and Select New, then Folder. Name the folder Sims2 DVD. Then double-click that folder, and hit CTRL and V. This will begin copying the files from the DVD. Once the files are copied, remove the disc from the drive. Double-click on the Setup icon in the folder. You may delete the Sims2 DVD folder once the installation is complete. More can be found at support.ea.com
Cheers Mirelly, Copying the files to a desktop folder worked fine and i installed the game no problem fron HDD. Ta for the tip
