Hello all,

Please, i need your help on something that is killing me!

I play games a lot, uncompress files, encode videos everyday without absolutly zero problems, right?.
But when i install a game, any game, from an image with Daemon Tools (from HD or DVD), at some point of the installation, the PC freeze up completely (sometimes at 10%, sometimes at 50%, 80%, etc..).

Yeap, thats the problem! I tried different games, at different times, and sometimes they install on the 2nd try, sometimes takes 4 or 5 tries.
Once the game is installed, i dont have absolutely any problems, i play games at full for hours, etc...

My specs:
q6600@3400
2gb ram 800
Maximus formula
8800gt
SataII WD250gb
TP II 480

Prime and memtest for hours with 0 problems.
Scandisk, norton disk doctor, TuneUp Utilities 2008, smart monitor enable/disable, etc..etc.. without a single problem.
Temp of CPU, Mother, NB and SB and HD are more than fine.

Any idea what could be the problem? or what should i check?
Since i OC my computer, is there any setting that controls (gives juice) to HD controler that i should review?

I did tried once to reset my bios without OC anything and i could install a game that failed 3 times before that one. But i'm not sure if it was luck or not, since after 3 times, sometimes it works! ;(


Any help would be apreciated!

Vini

i honestly don't know the source of your problem because i never encountered it before, but just a suggestion, maybe a re-installation of windows might fix your problems.

I already did, but what i did not do was to recreate partitions, i only formated before installed.

I google it a lot before posting here and found another guy in another forum with exactly the same problem. The only problem is that the post was made 4 months ago and noone answers my follow up

It could be a problem with your optical drive. Do you have another one you can test?

Almost every tried was loading the iso from the HD directly, without using the DVD at all.

What i did not tried was to change the HD, i dont have another one and buying one just for fun is not worth it. Is there any program i could use to check mechanism of HD or something more exaustive than bad sectors?

It is very obvious to me what the problem is and I think you too: Daemon Tools

It's not hardware related.

Could be, but i reinstalled windows and therefor DT, well... same version-pack.!
It doesnt hurt clean, check another version and reinstall!!

You know the saying.. (if there is one), sometimes the problem is in front of you and you cant see it!

Ditto,decompress the iso and then install...:> )

it does sound like the problem lies with daemon tools, will the games install first time from dvd?

In the past I have had problems installing games with the latest version of Daemon Tools. I have had to use a previous version of the software to make some of my older images work. I don't quite remember the version or the game though.

uninstalled, clean and installed the new DT version (i didnt had the latest one) but did not work.

Answering BlackKnight7891, mounting from DVD gives the same problem. I will try to install a game from the dvd directly (original game).

M3d, that could be another try, an old version. Will try also!

If neither work, i will reinstall windows again, but this time, repartitioning again, etc..!

I read on another forum a person with the same problem but with Alcohol, that and my first windows reinstallation makes me think is not DT (that and the fact i reinstalled it a few minutes ago)

Lets see, will try your suggestions!

EDIT: Worth to mention that this problem started a month ago, after i played Mass Effect (not saying it was the game), just saying that i did not had this problem before, it just start recently!

Ok, i was going to try M3d suggestion, to install an older version, but i installed the Pro instead (yeah, i got that one), so i gave it a try and yes, i worked perfectly for the 4 installations i tried.

So the DT Lite was the problem after all I dont know what, but i'm fine so far using the pro version.

Anyways, thank you guy for telling me to look into the most obvious first!