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Warbog The Slayer · Jan 14, 2011, 08:49 PM // 20:49

hey guys

just bought a new computer(notebook) and when i tried to install gw it took me like 30 min from cd

its the first time when i used windows 7 and i thought that is the problem

or my notebook has a problem?
cpu i3-370m 2.4
video card nvdia geforce 310m vram1gb

Kosar The Cruel · Jan 15, 2011, 01:58 AM // 01:58

I had the same problem when I got my computer. I also installed GW on a friends desktop, and it took awhile as well.
I'm assuming it's like this for everyone and has nothing to do with your laptop, but I could be wrong.

Stoney Malloney · Jan 15, 2011, 12:30 PM // 12:30

The fact that you're installing from CD-Rom is why it is so slow. Your overall computer may be very fast, but your CD-Rom is limited to a 52x speed usually, and if you have a faster one, up to 56x or 72x speed. The maximum transfer rate is 10,800 K(ilo)b(it)/sec, which comes down to something like... 1,318M(ega)B(yte)/sec. That would be like 532 seconds per CD. Which is about 9 minutes. If you have 52x speed CD-Rom reader it'll read at 0,952MB/sec, making the installation per CD take up to around 12 minutes each.

The processor and graphics card don't have much to do with the installation process. If you would be installing from a hard-disk that has all the files required on the Harddisk (say like installing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory that you downloaded to your Hard-disk on beforehand) it would be a matter of a minute or two because your Hard Disk has much faster reading/writing ability than your CD-Rom reader.

DVD Readers also have faster capacity, I am not sure if a DVD reader is able to read CD-Rom's faster though, I think they only have faster reading speeds on DVD-Rom's and not with CD's.

When your computer has to do a job involving several parts of your computer, keep the following in mind: "A chain is as strong as it's weakest link".

Warbog The Slayer · Jan 15, 2011, 02:21 PM // 14:21

sorry i wrote cd but i meant dvd ...i installed gw from eotn dvd

Quaker · Jan 15, 2011, 03:57 PM // 15:57

If the DVD is scratched or has fingerprints, etc., on it, the install may take extra time while the drive re-reads sectors to get a proper "read".