games cant be installed

[mhmd shoumar]

Hi,im facing problems in installing games on my pc.The problem is that the game reach some where in installation and then stop and a box pop up saying "error transferring data(cyclic redundancy check),but other games are installed without any problem. Also when i try to play AC unity and whenever the save icon apear the game freeze.Is there any relation of all that with the hard disk since it has been for 6 years.THANKS

 

[ExKiller]

Sounds like you have got a bad hard disk , does it make any clicking sounds?
I would buy a nice Hybrid Disk for gaming purposes, and if you could go with 320GB SSD , nothing could be much better

 

[noidea_77]

Try to run a files system check, but backup your important personal files first. Right click on the drive in explorer / properties / tools. That needs a re-boot if it's the c drive.

 

[martinch]

Sounds like the hard disk might be unhappy. You could try running Crystal Disk Info (http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html), which will read the SMART info for the drive - it'll give a traffic light-style indication of drive health (although drives do ocassionally fail without reporting problems first). Even if the drive's not failing, make sure you've got a backup of your data ... 😉

 

[mhmd shoumar]

didnt unterstand.I mean is there any relation between the hard disk and whats happening and whats exactly cyclic redundancy check

 

[ExKiller]

Yes both of them are interconnected, A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is an error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. Blocks of data entering these systems get a short check value attached, based on the remainder of a polynomial division of their contents.

 

[mhmd shoumar]

You mean that buying a new hard disk will solve the problem right.

 

[ExKiller]

Yes it will, indeed

 

[mhmd shoumar]

ThANKS

 

[mhmd shoumar]

But why other games are installed without any problem.And are you sure 100% that buying a new hard disk will solve the problem(im saying that since i have a little money).Thanks anyway

 

[ExKiller]

Hard Disks are unpredictable it could be that you installed one game a few seconds ago and then tried to do another , b/w the times your harddisk puked out

 

[mhmd shoumar]

From about 20 games 7 to 9 games were not installed and its only AC unity that was crashing when save icon apear