OT: New intall of Quake 4, HELP

[AAvK]

I cannot install a new Quake 4 game, the four
disc set. I waited until the price got low enough.

Using a Compaq DVD play drive (DVD-116, drive E,
the install goes fine through disc 1. It then asks
for disc 2.

However with disc 2, at the beginning of installation:

Error report:

AUTORUN.EXE has encountered a problem and needs
to close... I didn't close it out.

I insert disc 2 and when it is fully mounted I
click "OK" anyway, and it continues to install
until the very end of the last file, pak003.pk4.

Then this message box:

Error 1305.Error reading from file E:\Setup\Data\q4base\pak003.pk4.
Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.

This message box has buttons "Retry" and "Cancel". It give a valid
retry for a small amount of time, but clicking cancel takes me out
of the installation after a confirmation of it.

After this, another message box:

Error: -1603 Fatal error during installation.
Consult Windows installer help (msi.chm) or MSDN for more information.

No BSOD, TTLG ...with an "OK" button only. Then the
installer exits, and that is the entire sequence.

I then try copying the discs over to the hard drive, each to
it's own folder, so I could possibly install via a virtual drive
but the same occurs with pak003.pk4, it cannot finish.

Anyone know what I can do? Help is needed. TIA,


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[Marcel Overweel]

"Error 1305.Error reading from file E:\Setup\Data\q4base\pak003.pk4"

"I then try copying the discs over to the hard drive, each to
it's own folder, so I could possibly install via a virtual drive
but the same occurs with pak003.pk4, it cannot finish."

Sounds like a damaged disc to me.
Can just be some dust or a hair on the disc.

The error 1305 is an error from the windows installer, but MS isn't very
clear about the meaning.
They just say: "1305 = Error reading from File: [2]; System error code: [3]"
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/
windows_installer_error_messages.asp)

Best thing to do is to try to clean it carefully or simply return it to the
shop and ask for a new one.

regards,
Marcel

 

[AAvK]

"Error 1305.Error reading from file E:\Setup\Data\q4base\pak003.pk4"

"I then try copying the discs over to the hard drive, each to
it's own folder, so I could possibly install via a virtual drive
but the same occurs with pak003.pk4, it cannot finish."

Sounds like a damaged disc to me.
Can just be some dust or a hair on the disc.

The error 1305 is an error from the windows installer, but MS isn't very
clear about the meaning.
They just say: "1305 = Error reading from File: [2]; System error code: [3]"
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/
windows_installer_error_messages.asp)

Best thing to do is to try to clean it carefully or simply return it to the
shop and ask for a new one.

regards,
Marcel

It was a bad CD set, replaced. Disc 2 had two errors on it. ATA is also messed up
but I put a drive into an external enclosure to USB 2, worked like a charm. Also needed
the patched (cracked) .exe for 1.2 .