Halo 2 requests original install disk randomly.

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RiverDog

This is getting frustrating. I play Halo 2 for a while and then it will ask
for the original disk. Well, the disk is in the DVD drive! If I answer yes
then it restarts the game at the last checkpoint, maybe, or it might start
me back where I started playing the game that session. That could me 2 hours
of game play to do over again.
Why is this happening and what can I do about it?

RiverDog.
 
RiverDog said:
This is getting frustrating. I play Halo 2 for a while and then it will
ask for the original disk. Well, the disk is in the DVD drive! If I answer
yes then it restarts the game at the last checkpoint, maybe, or it might
start me back where I started playing the game that session. That could me
2 hours of game play to do over again.
Why is this happening and what can I do about it?
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Can you confirm that Halo 2 is fully installed, and that you're not making
changes to the Halo 2 directory?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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It's as I said Paul. I'm just playing the game. I followed the install
routine for Halo 2 and it fully installed as far as I know. I have not
touched the Halo 2 directory.

cheers, RiverDog
 
RiverDog said:
This is getting frustrating. I play Halo 2 for a while and then it will ask
for the original disk. Well, the disk is in the DVD drive! If I answer yes
then it restarts the game at the last checkpoint, maybe, or it might start
me back where I started playing the game that session. That could me 2 hours
of game play to do over again.
Why is this happening and what can I do about it?

RiverDog.
RiverDog, look for where it asks for next level and click on it. It will take you to the next level.
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RiverDog said:
It's as I said Paul. I'm just playing the game. I followed the install
routine for Halo 2 and it fully installed as far as I know. I have not
touched the Halo 2 directory.
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The Halo 2 installer runs while its playing, once its finished you shouldn't
need the disc at all. Are you getting prompted to enter the disc when you
first start playing too?

If its being problematic, try uninstalling and it using a custom install see
if that gets it going.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Thanks for responding Ken but I have no idea what you are talking about.
Nothing asks for the next level. I only get a message: "Sorry Insert your
original Halo 2 game disk

Riverdog
 
Paul, I have done full install of the game, then I play it. I am not
prompted to enter the disc when I first start playing. I tried uninstalling
it and reinstalling which resulted, strangely enough, in the game starting
at the point I was at in the game 2 days ago. Then I worked through the game
to the end of "shooting gallery" and at the end of the cut scene where Keyes
gets the icon the screen goes white and then blue and asks me for the
original Halo 2 game disk. This is the same behavior as I first described.
It's as if the game has not fully installed.

Riverdog
 
RiverDog,

I have having the same exact same problem in exactly the same place. I have
also found others on the Bungie Forums that are also having the same
problems. I bought my copy at Circuit City that was selling them early
before the recall. Did you get your's early as well?

If it's a problem with the disk, which it probably is, Microsoft should make
a patch or do something to fix this since it is not an isolated problem.
 
Thanks for this CV. I did get mine as early as I could, so I may need a
patch. I'm having trouble finding a reference to this problem in the Bungee
Forums. Would you direct me to one please?

RiverDog
 
Beachbum. I followed this advice and it worked for me.

"Because the insert disc message appears at the transition between two
levels, you can start the new level and abandon your previous checkpoint.

To do this:
1) Restart Halo 2
2) Select Campaign
3) DO NOT select continue, select to choose the level
4) Find the latest level and start it, skipping over the transition between
the level before it and that which seems to cause the problem"

Regards

RiverDog

Note: Achievements will not be lost through this fix, so don't worry
 
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