data archive repair at every start? - Guild Wars Forums

Narutoscryed · Oct 01, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06

just been getting the old repairing data archive at every time a start guild wars.. its odd..

im trying to fix it withought having to completly reinstall everything.

any ideas?

KoalaMeatPie · Oct 01, 2006, 01:51 AM // 01:51

Right click the GW Shortcut Click the "Shortcut" tab and see if at the end if the line it's written -repaire

If it is, take it off, if it isn't place it on.

Narutoscryed · Oct 01, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13

crap i just realized i put this in q and a... can i get a mod to move this to tech forum please..

my bad

xXa1 · Oct 01, 2006, 08:56 AM // 08:56

only one thing i can suggest and i strongly suggest it. completely uninstall guild wars from your add/remove programs menu then download the downloadable installer and run it.

allow the game to download everything from the log-in screen (do it while you sleep or work) then when it's all over and the lightning icon is gone from the upper right hand corner of your screen, close the game and add the -image switch to your target in your guild wars shortcut properties. let the game decompress everything.

once the guild wars box disappears, remove the -image switch and run the game. hopefully this clean install will not have any traces of corrupt data in it to trigger the repair data archive switch.

gamecube187 · Oct 01, 2006, 03:27 PM // 15:27

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Originally Posted by xXa1

only one thing i can suggest and i strongly suggest it. completely uninstall guild wars from your add/remove programs menu then download the downloadable installer and run it.

allow the game to download everything from the log-in screen (do it while you sleep or work) then when it's all over and the lightning icon is gone from the upper right hand corner of your screen, close the game and add the -image switch to your target in your guild wars shortcut properties. let the game decompress everything.

once the guild wars box disappears, remove the -image switch and run the game. hopefully this clean install will not have any traces of corrupt data in it to trigger the repair data archive switch.

Or instead of going into the log-in screen, just do the -image first and it will do everything it would at the log-in screen, but faster. -image downloads and decompresses all the files that are avalible. I just recently unistalled my GW and reinstalled, and I did the -image thing. I let it run overnight and in the morning, it was perfectly fine.

dargon · Oct 01, 2006, 03:57 PM // 15:57

You don't even have to actually reinstall, just goto your install folder and rename the gw.dat file to something else, then run with the -image option.

Delanon · Oct 01, 2006, 05:56 PM // 17:56

If you have not already done this, try running memtest on your entire memory range with all tests. I recently had a similar problem and found that, in my case, one of my 2 Corsair 512MB had a bad section. I replaced the bad DIMM and presto, no more dat archive repair at every game start.

I always use MemTest86 available through their site or you can run any of the many memtest utilities. Just don't rely on your on board bios startup test because it is a simple parity check which does not actually write/read from every memory location with multiple data patterns.

Oct 01, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06	#1
Narutoscryed Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the woods Guild: Elite Crew Profession: W/E	data archive repair at every start? just been getting the old repairing data archive at every time a start guild wars.. its odd.. im trying to fix it withought having to completly reinstall everything. any ideas?

Oct 01, 2006, 08:56 AM // 08:56	#4
xXa1 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2006	only one thing i can suggest and i strongly suggest it. completely uninstall guild wars from your add/remove programs menu then download the downloadable installer and run it. allow the game to download everything from the log-in screen (do it while you sleep or work) then when it's all over and the lightning icon is gone from the upper right hand corner of your screen, close the game and add the -image switch to your target in your guild wars shortcut properties. let the game decompress everything. once the guild wars box disappears, remove the -image switch and run the game. hopefully this clean install will not have any traces of corrupt data in it to trigger the repair data archive switch. Last edited by xXa1; Oct 01, 2006 at 08:58 AM // 08:58..

Oct 01, 2006, 01:51 AM // 01:51	#2
KoalaMeatPie Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cute And Fluffy in My Tummy Guild: Cult Classic [CC] Profession: R/	Right click the GW Shortcut Click the "Shortcut" tab and see if at the end if the line it's written -repaire If it is, take it off, if it isn't place it on.

Oct 01, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13	#3
Narutoscryed Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the woods Guild: Elite Crew Profession: W/E	crap i just realized i put this in q and a... can i get a mod to move this to tech forum please.. my bad

Oct 01, 2006, 03:57 PM // 15:57	#6
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	You don't even have to actually reinstall, just goto your install folder and rename the gw.dat file to something else, then run with the -image option.

Oct 01, 2006, 05:56 PM // 17:56	#7
Delanon Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2006 Guild: Shadow Bunnies Echoes[SBE] Profession: W/Mo	If you have not already done this, try running memtest on your entire memory range with all tests. I recently had a similar problem and found that, in my case, one of my 2 Corsair 512MB had a bad section. I replaced the bad DIMM and presto, no more dat archive repair at every game start. I always use MemTest86 available through their site or you can run any of the many memtest utilities. Just don't rely on your on board bios startup test because it is a simple parity check which does not actually write/read from every memory location with multiple data patterns.