Right, after getting the run around for THREE HOURS with Microsoft eventually saying "Oh, we don't do much for people outside of America", I've resorted to begging for help here.
Here's the 'errors', as close as I can put them up here, and for the sake of all our sanity, I've tried the /cmd function with little effect (does little to help if you have to use /cmd with 4 DIFFERENT CD's and know blast-all about Computer Programming, Computer Language or the like. I hit the power button, insert the CD, push 'yes' is about my limit of finesse with the almighty computer.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated, if anyone could spare the time. Have been dying to go back to the original (And superior) Fable for nostalgia, picked up the game for the PC (cannot find it as an XBox game for love, money or virgin sacrifices to Skorm!) ... and typical Microsoft shenanigans ensue!
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Any help would be greatly appreciated, if anyone could spare the time. Have been dying to go back to the original (And superior) Fable for nostalgia, picked up the game for the PC (cannot find it as an XBox game for love, money or virgin sacrifices to Skorm!) ... and typical Microsoft shenanigans ensue!
I am assuming you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? OS and Driver Updates?
Info on your PC will be nice.
Also The Fable game is avaiable for Purchase and download on Xbox 360 from Xbox Live.
Yes, 5 different re-installs, done all my updates. Ah, PC info ... hang on. (computer novice) Will get them asap, but actually do not possess an XBox 360 anymore (was lent to a friend whose room-mate went nuts and sold everything. Literally. Hocked all the DVDs, computer games, small digitial items, consoles and even the fridge, microwave and dryer and disappeared. We're still trying to track her down.) and never bothered connecting it to the internet, mostly a LAN thing. Also apparently I can BUY the damn game for $9.99, but they don't sell to Australia. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, way to go Microsoft ....
Edit: hoping these are the details you are after, Dragnmoon!
Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU, Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz, 4.00 gb Ram, 32-bit OS.
EDIT EDIT: Just managed to find a way to download it via Games for Window (it seems one redirect tells you it's unavailable in Australia, but if you go in through your computer's link, it works fine. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Microsoft strikes again!) and am currently waiting to see how this sucker works out. Will hopefully be able to take the physical copy of the game back to EB and get a credit, rather than a Refund.
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I did a quick goggle of the error problem and found these:
The most common solution I've seen was:
"Once the error comes up Eject the CD from your drive and press "retry", then you should get a error msg saying somethign like the installer couldnt find/read CD 4, once that appears insert the CD again, and press "retry" it should start to load and finish teh install."
Or that the disk itself is dirty or scratched or flawed. OR the drive is dirty.....according to this post:
"That's a CD read error. Means your CD drive can't read the disc. Unless you've scratched up the disc the problem is more likely your drive. If you have an older PC and haven't been protecting it from dust then likely you've cruded up your drive lens. You can try getting a can of compressed air and spraying in your drive while it's open. Or just replace your drive, they're dirt cheap and just about the easiest computer component to install next to a keyboard as most don't require drivers."
Hope you can get it working....I love that game, too!
Took it back to EB, got the money back as credit (which will be funneled into Skyrim >_> later on this year) and after a day and a half of downloading !O.O! from the Windows Games homepage, Fable the Lost Chapters is finally freaking installed .... dear god the characters are ugly, but it's worth it!
Many thanks to all that gave up their time and brain-cells to come help me out here, it was greatly appreciated!