[stellykazz]

So. i originally posted this under the "Windows XP" heading, because for some odd and unknown reason to me, i thought i had XP. I do not, i have Vista. so, my bad. I'll just repost everything here...

mind you, this is the XP way of solving that doesn't work for me.

okay. just got the morrowind expansion packs. (bethesda softworks). installed tribunal without a fuss. tried to install bloodmoon...then it whips out this "I/O Device error crap" on me. now, i've done my research. i mainly get this solution:
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, change the transfer mode for your CD drive in IDE Channel Properties. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Device Manager.
3. In the right pane, expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.
4. Right-click the channel where your CD drive is connected, and then click Properties. Typically, this channel is Secondary IDE Channel.
5. On the Advanced Settings tab, in the Transfer Mode box for the device that represents your CD drive, click PIO Only. Typically, this device is Device 1. Then click OK.
If the issue is not resolved after you change the transfer mode for the secondary IDE channel device 1, your CD drive may not be located there. Use the same procedure to change the transfer mode back to DMA if available. Then, repeat these steps to change the transfer mode for IDE devices in the following order until the issue is resolved:
• Primary IDE channel, device 1
• Secondary IDE channel, device 0
Note Primary IDE channel, device 1 is connected to your boot disk. This is the hard disk that typically contains your operating system.

my choices:
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
Standard Dual channel PCI IDE Controller
Standard Dual channel PCI IDE Controller

all well and good, right? wrong.
i click "advanced settings" tab on the first three...i don't see a damn thing called "transfer mode box" or anything like that. the last two don't even have an "advanced settings" tab.

in the advanced settings tab, the only choices i have are
Channel Properties
Devices
and a Device Properties with an "Enable DMA" box that's already checked.

i've gone to other sites that say the same thing, maybe with mention of a scroll bar. there isn't a damn scrollbar in "advanced settings", and the only scrollbar there is isn't even in that tab, and it's to list what you'll be using that device for.

this is extremely frustrating...and i don't want to **** anything up on this laptop...it's already pretty screwy for reasons unknown to me. perhaps i'll do a different thread on that some other time. but for now, i want to install my **** and play, damnit!
I'm not completely computer stupid, but this makes me get the feeling that either i am, or my program is different.
please help...



this is the logfile from Hijackthis:

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so, help would be much appreciated. thank you!

[Shairel]

It is very possible that the CD drive in your notebook uses SATA instead of ATA to connect, and those directions would be invalid.

When does the issue occur, when you are trying to install your game or when you are trying to run it? If it is only happening when you try to run, It may be an issue with the game's copy protection conflicting with something installed on your PC and could be resolved by downloading the latest patch for the game from the publisher's web site, which in your case would be www.elderscrolls.com

[stellykazz]

no...it only happens when i try to install the other expansion pack.

[Shairel]

If it's happening during your installation, try copying the install files to a folder on your windows desktop and running the install from there.
Sorry for the long time between replies, I've been out of town

[stellykazz]

it doesn't work. the install sheild thing insists that it can't find the proper files to work....

[Shairel]

I hate to be a stickler, but what does bethesda say about this? If it's specific to bloodmoon's installer I'd say their tech support may be helpful.

Are you able to verify that you can still install the product on another PC without error messages? If you are, why not install the product on another PC and copy over the files; as far as I know the elder scrolls games don't really put much into the registry.

Are you getting any error messages when copying the info off of the CD when you tried installing out of a folder?

I do have an Oblivion DVD that refuses to install from my TDK DVD drive but works just fine for the game's copyright check, so what I do when I want to install oblivion is put my wife's notebook dvd drive on my network, map it out as a drive and install like that.

As a last-ditch thing you could attempt using a disc utility program program to create an image of your install CD, then mount the image as a virtual drive using software to accomplish such; then installing from the mounted image. ( You won't be able to play from a mounted image without using an illegal modification to the software, which won't be discussed here under any circumstances ) Nothing should preclude you from installing this way; and if you can see the files it's possible that the copy protection on the disc will still work fine even if you can't install from it, like my oblivion.