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Jan 12, 2009, 12:18 PM // 12:18
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: USA
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Gw dat serious problems.
Hey all!
I wanted to re-image my current gw dat file. At me it takes like few days to download 3.7gigs. So my download was 50% complete when my inet provider gad some probs and my whole district got HUGE DC! I thought Its ok I will download rest 50% later BUT! When I started again I saw how archive repair started then I waited abit AND! I saw how it wants to download WHOLE IMAGE AGAIN! My 50% gwdat ...its previous size was 2.2gb now its 800kb...LOL It happened few times.Everytime I spend few days... Can inetdc corrupt the file? How does it happen? Here is interesting screen. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2862/omgjn7.jpg As I make IMage it wants to download 118kfiles= 3.7gb FULL GW DAT. But my gw dat is 2.2gb I just need kind a 50k files or so... Guys What Can I do? Need your advice. Thanks All! |
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Jan 12, 2009, 12:26 PM // 12:26
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
Join Date: Mar 2007
Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder)
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Imaging the .dat file doesn't just download whatever you haven't downloaded up to that point, it downloads everything again, so that won't help you.
As for the 50k files, you can probably get them as a background download in the game. So, just start up the game, log in, and look at the little dot down in the bottom right. If it has a lightning bolt in it, then the game is downloading the rest of the files in the background. You can still play while this is happening, but be careful if you're with a group. If you zone and don't have that zone downloaded yet, they'll have to wait on you to download and unzip those files.
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Jan 12, 2009, 12:50 PM // 12:50
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Thanks For Fast Reply...
Ofc I tried to start without -image command. Simple Gw.exe WITH NO COMMANDS starts repairing& downloading WHOLE GWDAT, It downloads 3.7gb... Now I started again and changed Gw destination on another hard drive... Gonna try again. Its rly annoying. I am after exams and wanna rest but these downladings... |
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Jan 12, 2009, 01:00 PM // 13:00
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
Join Date: Mar 2007
Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder)
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Changing destinations is a good idea. Are you downloading over wireless?
How many times has it tried to redownload?
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Jan 13, 2009, 03:10 PM // 15:10
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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I am trying 3rd time(kind a 6 days
 ) using ADSL but it never happened b4.OK it seems to wrok kewl. I changed destination then made dcs hence during -image downloading... and It ok. DOESNT start to repair or redownload whole dat from zero. WOrks rly fine! TY all. But now I have to wait another few days in order to get new dat... Katsumi. When I closed my window with imaging gwdat and started again IT WANTS TO REPAIR AND START NEW DOWNLOAD! WHEN I remove -image it wants to download FULL GWDAT from zero! BUT I HAVE 1.7gb downloaded. OMG Everytime I have to wait 3 days OMg! Last edited by Kattar; Jan 13, 2009 at 03:18 PM // 15:18.. Reason: Triple post |
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Jan 13, 2009, 03:22 PM // 15:22
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
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Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder)
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You have to let the image run all the way through, else it will start downloading where it left off.
Ok, so let's start with a clean slate. Go to your GW folder, and delete gw.exe. Leave the .dat file alone. Just delete the gw.exe file. Then go to http://www.guildwars.com/support/downloadclient and download the game client again. Then start up the game and let it download, ok? It's going to have to download everything. Just let it run. That's all you can do. Just let it run.
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Jan 13, 2009, 04:25 PM // 16:25
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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Location: USA
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I wont get closer to keyboard...But if my provider will have crash again? Its gonna be eternal cycle...
I still have power to smile...
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Jan 13, 2009, 04:30 PM // 16:30
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
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Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder)
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Your provider dc-ing doesn't have much to do with it, as far as I can tell. It had something to do with a bad sector on your hard drive, where it was trying to write the previous .dat file to, more than likely.
File corruption because of an ISP is less likely than a bad sector.
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Jan 13, 2009, 04:57 PM // 16:57
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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Whats possible to do with bad sector? New Hard Drive?
P.s. Katsumi thank you very much. Its so...when you see tonnnnnnnz of files which must be downloaded...and you wait... |
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Jan 13, 2009, 05:05 PM // 17:05
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
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It's a more advanced fix than most people are willing to perform. And it's possible to seriously mess up your stuff if you do it wrong, so I don't really want to go into it.
It's not anything to worry about really. If it was a bigger issue, Windows would probably let you know. If you really want to know though, google "fixing a bad sector" and go from there. Happy to help.
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Jan 13, 2009, 08:43 PM // 20:43
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
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How about good ol' checkdisk?
Open "My computer" (Just "Computer" on Vista), right-click on the suspect drive and select Properties. From the Properties window, select the Tools tab and click the button marked Error checking. check both boxes, click Start, sit back and cross your fingers. Like this, only with both boxes checked
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Jan 13, 2009, 11:07 PM // 23:07
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Technician's Corner Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: The TARDIS
Guild: http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/
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chkdsk is rather useless. Snag HDTune and check for SMART errors. If you encounter any then you may need a new drive. Do not defrag and minimalize disk usage.
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Jan 14, 2009, 04:53 AM // 04:53
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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Location: USA
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Guys! Thanks All! I will image gwdat then copy to my flash drive...After it I will try to deal with hard drive...
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Jan 14, 2009, 05:42 AM // 05:42
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Technician's Corner Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
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If something is wrong with the drive you'll only kill it faster...
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