Halo Setup Fails on CAB files

[Guest]

I just repaired my computer, and when I want to reïnstall Halo again it
always fails on one of the cabinet-files. Most of the time he fails on
Cab2.CAB but sometimes he passes it without problems, then failing on
Cab3.CAB or Cab4.CAB or....

Setup message says:

Setup failed to extract files from
D:\FilesCab\Cab2.CAB. This is most likely caused
by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or
a corrupted cabinet file. Please restart your machine
and run setup again.

Now I've already tested all of them and the cabinet files themselves are
fine, so nothin corrupted. Now I have 2GB of fixed RAM and while trying to
get setup working I've also created a 2GB page file on my second hard drive.

Until now, everything I tried had no result whatsoever. Anyone have ideas
left?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Syfes,

Are you able to install any other large games on your system now?

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Syfes Wrote:
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| I just repaired my computer, and when I want to reïnstall Halo again it
| always fails on one of the cabinet-files. Most of the time he fails on
| Cab2.CAB but sometimes he passes it without problems, then failing on
| Cab3.CAB or Cab4.CAB or....
|
| Setup message says:
|
| Setup failed to extract files from
| D:\FilesCab\Cab2.CAB. This is most likely caused
| by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or
| a corrupted cabinet file. Please restart your machine
| and run setup again.
|
| Now I've already tested all of them and the cabinet files themselves are
| fine, so nothin corrupted. Now I have 2GB of fixed RAM and while trying to
| get setup working I've also created a 2GB page file on my second hard drive.
|
| Until now, everything I tried had no result whatsoever. Anyone have ideas
| left?

 

[Guest]

Yes I can. Without any trouble at all.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Syfes,

To eliminate the CD media; Are you able to install that game on another PC?

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Syfes Wrote:
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| Yes I can. Without any trouble at all.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Syfes,
||
|| Are you able to install any other large games on your system now?
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Syfes Wrote:
|| =================
||| I just repaired my computer, and when I want to reïnstall Halo again it
||| always fails on one of the cabinet-files. Most of the time he fails on
||| Cab2.CAB but sometimes he passes it without problems, then failing on
||| Cab3.CAB or Cab4.CAB or....
|||
||| Setup message says:
|||
||| Setup failed to extract files from
||| D:\FilesCab\Cab2.CAB. This is most likely caused
||| by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or
||| a corrupted cabinet file. Please restart your machine
||| and run setup again.
|||
||| Now I've already tested all of them and the cabinet files themselves are
||| fine, so nothin corrupted. Now I have 2GB of fixed RAM and while trying to
||| get setup working I've also created a 2GB page file on my second hard drive.
|||
||| Until now, everything I tried had no result whatsoever. Anyone have ideas
||| left?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi gigilihooie,

Sounds like you have a problem with your CD/DVD drive.
Have you tried cleaning it or swapping it out with a known
good drive yet to troubleshoot this issue?

--
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Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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gigilihooie Wrote:
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| ! when ever i try to to load in any of my games
| !! it comes up with setup failed to extract files from
| !!! E:\FilesCab\Cab1.CAB. this is the most likely caused
| !!!! by low memory (low disk space for swapping file)
| !!!!! or a corrupted cabinet file. please restart your machine
| !!!!!! and run setup again.
|
| !!!!!!! iv tried to restart it and do it again but the same thing
| !!!!!!!! happens. WHAT SHOULD I DO????????
|
| !!!!!!!!! oh ya the games i have are halo, far cry, red alert2.
| !!!!!!!!!! i can get around 8-10 percent but no further.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi gigilihooie,

If you've swapped out for a known good drive (and cable)
then you might have some corruption on your system ...
Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:

How to repair Windows XP:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com


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gigilihooie Wrote:
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| i can load in small games like zoo tycoon, motercross madness2, zoo
| tycoon2 and other small games!!!!!!

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi gigilihooie,

Yes. MSDN subscribers can download vista.
Visit microsoft.com and sign up for MSDN today! ;-)

--
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Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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gigilihooie Wrote:
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| hey can i download windows vista!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! and is it a good
| operating system?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi gigilihooie,

Try visiting the Microsoft newsgroups and ask about
Vista in the Microsoft Vista specific newsgroups.

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_________________________________________________________

gigilihooie Wrote:
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| but is it a good operating system and can u change the 3-D desktop to
| the normal desktop (windows XP style)?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!