WotLK install issues.

by **Fenira** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:34 pm

I've been trying to install WotLK for the past couple days, called geek squad and all that, they said I need a new hard drive because my other one doesnt support WotLK. Has anyone else heard of this problem? They said that they have a Western Digital 500gb drive that would work with it? Apparently because Vista says: "C:\\Installer.exe": Module not found. Anyone have a solution they might have before I buy the new hard drive?

by **fafhrd** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:44 pm

a harddrive not supporting WoW sounds pretty dubious :S I'd think all a harddrive would need to do to "support" wow is be able to store data.

by **Flinsy** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:50 pm

Have you tried saving wotlk in:
C:\Users\Public\Games?

by **Fenira** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:50 pm

fafhrd wrote:a harddrive not supporting WoW sounds pretty dubious :S I'd think all a harddrive would need to do to "support" wow is be able to store data.

Well I'm just telling you what they told me, they didnt even look at my computer they took the case off and said its the drive

by **cigar3tte** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:57 pm

I guess their next move is to sell you a new OS plus installation fees.

by **Flinsy** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:07 pm

So your telling us that when you when into computer into the D: drive and pressed on the setup.exe it told you have vista can't find the C:\\installer.exe? Because there isn't an installer.exe in the C: directory. Can you tell use exactly what you did to try and install Wotlk please?

by **Fenira** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:26 pm

Flinsy wrote:So your telling us that when you when into computer into the D: drive and pressed on the setup.exe it told you have vista can't find the C:\\installer.exe? Because there isn't an installer.exe in the C: directory. Can you tell use exactly what you did to try and install Wotlk please?

Yup, put my CD in the computer, and ran it.

by **Flinsy** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:32 pm

OK and its not running the installer at all? Because MPQ is a blizzard only library format, so its not a format incompatibility issue. So, you ran it and vista said it cant run the installer.exe? even when you went into the disc drive itself and double clicked it?

Were you able to play in 3.0? because its the same data basically.

by **Fenira** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:34 pm

Flinsy wrote:OK and its not running the installer at all? Because MPQ is a blizzard only library format, so its not a format incompatibility issue. So, you ran it and vista said it cant run the installer.exe? even when you went into the disc drive itself and double clicked it?

Were you able to play in 3.0? because its the same data basically.

Yup, I'm allowed to play but installing it crashes.

by **Frew** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:51 pm

Happened to me too. Do you happen to have a Lite On drive?

Google search the wowinstaller.exe

Download Wrath that way. I had your same problem and that fixed it. Good luck!

by **cigar3tte** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:58 pm

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/ ... allWoW.exe

by **cigar3tte** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:59 pm

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/ ... allWoW.exe

by **Fenira** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:02 pm

Dariin wrote:Happened to me too. Do you happen to have a Lite On drive?

Google search the wowinstaller.exe

Download Wrath that way. I had your same problem and that fixed it. Good luck!

Thank you, I'll try that.

by **guillex** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:56 am

TURN OFF ANY ANTI-VIRUSES YOU MIGHT HAVE RUNNING.

McAfee's on-access scan was killing my install. Turned it off, no problems.

by **Khisvir** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:28 pm

Guillex wrote:McAfee's on-access scan was killing my install. Turned it off, no problems.

You use McAfee?

-1000 respect points...

I installed McAfee on my last computer, and had NOTHING but trouble. Programs hanging, freezing on startup...and got tagged by 3 viruses before I had enough and removed it.

Switched to NOD32, and haven't had a problem since.

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