Trouble installing MOH Warchest

[NorCalDave]

I bought a used copy of MOH Warchest and am having trouble with installation. I get the following error message when attempting to install disc 1.

Component transfer error

Component: eReg Files
File Group: eReg Files
File: D:\eReg\Medal of Honor Allied Assault_eReg.exe
Error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)


The CD has some minor scuffs & scratches - I have cleaned the disc with an Alsop CD Cleaner/Restorer but still get the error. Anyone have a clue as to what's going wrong?

[Tyron]

Sounds like the disc is unreadable on certain sectors. Do you have another drive to test it out?

You can also try and make an image of the disc, mount it with a phantom drive and see if that works. Sometimes it'll pick up the bad sectors on an image read.

[NorCalDave]

Got a reply over at the PCMech.com forums suggesting something called the boiling water technique. It seems to have worked as all four discs installed without a hiccup after taking a very hot bath. Only playing the game all the way through will tell if it was 100% successful but so far it seems to play fine!

Here's a link to the thread as to what I did and also a link to the original cleaning/repair technique

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php? ... ost1217854

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=447554

[InsolenceAndHeresy]

the boiling method... you should really be careful about that because sometimes it causes the discs to flake like dandruff...