captjim,

hello fellow simmers.  hope all had a great holiday.  lets start off with a couple of problems that just cropped up for me.  one, I have just started having loading difficulties with 2002.  I get through the first two disks ok, but about halfway through the third disk the system stalls.  I have to push the restard button on the tower.  I have tried several times and the same thing happend.  it dosen't stall at the same place everytime.  any suggestions???  I believe that this same problem has been addressed before in the forum, but I dont' recall where.  the second problem is that in some instances, usually flights over 300km, get within 15 to 20 klicks from the airport and the system locks up.  the only way out is to restart the computer.  talk about frustrating...  can anyone out there help this struggling simmer????

thanks, captjim

Curiouser and curiouser.... ...!

If you are having difficulties with loading, (installing?), FS 2002 from the disks, how come you are having problems with "flyng" using FS 2002... 8)...!
If you can't install it, how do you manage to fly it...?

Cheers....!

Paul.

P.S. ..sorry Doug....Two minds, but with a single thought... .... ....!

Hi Jim. I'm still not clear on this. You mentioned getting through the first two disks OK so I assumed you were having problems installing FS2002. Quote:

Once FS2002 is installed it should run without a CD in the drive.

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??? By load, do you mean install FS2002 or run it? Once it's installed you don't need the disks any more. All mine are sitting happily on the shelf gathering dust. They will stay there until I need to reinstall for some reason.

If you're having problems installing it try disabling all those background applications I mentioned first. At the very least disable your anti-virus software.

Sorry to "but in" but ... my experience has been that you CHOOSE whether to install  on the hard drive in the initial stages of the 2002 operation. If you choose otherwise you do need the disc in place to fly
papa-metro usaf -

captjim,

please execuse the over-simplifaction approach to this situtation.  1.  I have 2004 (fs9) loaded and everything is OK.  This program does require the #3 disk to be in the computer to work.  (I know. I's preaching to the choir here).  now I also have fs 2002 (basic & pro edition).  In the past I never had to keep any od the disks in the machine to make it fly.  the current problen is that I uninstalled fs2002 and wanted to re-install it.  this is where the problem arose.  the first two disks loaded ok, however at about 53% or so the system stops loading.  I have tried both the basic & the por editions, with the same results.  By the way I do not try and load both the basic & pro edition together.  I hope this has made it a little clearer, captjim.

caPTJIM

THANKS AGAIN HAGAR...I'll try it later today and will let you know how it worked out.  captjim

Well, at least that's an improvement. This is the stage when those big scenery CAB files are extracted from the CD. This uses a lot of virtual memory & might take a while when nothing appears to be happening. I can only suggest trying the same thing again. Don't exit setup unless you're certain it's locked up.  If the program automatically reboots your system during the install remember to quit those background applications again before continuing.