Curse

SpiritBond · Mar 19, 2009, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Hey guys

Well, when i want to run Guild Wars, the window opens and it says "Repairing Data Archive" instead of the percent loaded...I don't know what that should mean but plz help

Snograt · Mar 19, 2009, 08:51 PM // 20:51

It's just an annoyance that happens occasionally - I've been getting it a fair bit myself lately.

One possible cause is your computer shutting down while gw.dat is being written to - we think - nobody's really sure what causes this.

If it persists, it might be time to delete your gw.dat and make yourself a new one, using the tried-and-trusted (albeit time-consuming) -image method.

DarkFlame · Mar 19, 2009, 08:52 PM // 20:52

It means your GW.dat file is corrupted. Either try running GW again with the -repair switch or delete and reinstall.

SpiritBond · Mar 19, 2009, 09:08 PM // 21:08

Well, i tried to reinstall, but this didn't change that problem, otherwise ill try that "-repair" method or "-image", so thank you very much

SpiritBond · Mar 19, 2009, 09:11 PM // 21:11

The "-repair" method said, insert disc 1., the image one, had to load 77k files :P

Snograt · Mar 19, 2009, 09:29 PM // 21:29

-repair only fixes registry entries, apparently. Using it unnecessarily can cause Windows to "think" that GW is no longer installed.

The -image one WILL entail you downloading a huge amount of files - somewhere around 3.5 Gigabytes of data. It's best to do this as an overnight download if your internet connection is not that fast - mine is ~6Mb/s and it can do a full .dat in an hour or so (did it a few days ago.)

Elder III · Mar 20, 2009, 01:27 AM // 01:27

-image will take about 6 hours on basic lvl DSL..... good luck with it - it's worth the time and has always worked in my exp.

SpiritBond · Mar 20, 2009, 06:47 AM // 06:47

Thank you all!!

Appreciate ur help