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Posted December 10, 2011
Hi,

I just got a boxed copy of "The Ring" by Cryo (my teacher had two copies and gave one to me since he knew I like old games). I tried to install it, but the installer states I have not enough disk space (even though in that case, too much is the right expression). Apparently, this installer can't handle hard drives larger than 2 GB.

I wonder if there's a way to bypass this Hard drive check. I seem to recall that there's a command that does it (with the run command in the Start Menu) but I can't remember it.

Can anyone help me on that? This game seems very interesting.
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Posted December 10, 2011
Bumping the thread.
Posted December 10, 2011
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POLE7645: Hi,

I just got a boxed copy of "The Ring" by Cryo (my teacher had two copies and gave one to me since he knew I like old games). I tried to install it, but the installer states I have not enough disk space (even though in that case, too much is the right expression). Apparently, this installer can't handle hard drives larger than 2 GB.

I wonder if there's a way to bypass this Hard drive check. I seem to recall that there's a command that does it (with the run command in the Start Menu) but I can't remember it.

Can anyone help me on that? This game seems very interesting.
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EDIT: That may only work for Windows 95 / 98 ... you might be better off going down the Virtual PC route ...
Post edited December 10, 2011 by nmillar
Posted December 25, 2011
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POLE7645: Hi,

I just got a boxed copy of "The Ring" by Cryo (my teacher had two copies and gave one to me since he knew I like old games). I tried to install it, but the installer states I have not enough disk space (even though in that case, too much is the right expression). Apparently, this installer can't handle hard drives larger than 2 GB.

I wonder if there's a way to bypass this Hard drive check. I seem to recall that there's a command that does it (with the run command in the Start Menu) but I can't remember it.

Can anyone help me on that? This game seems very interesting.
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nmillar: /id

EDIT: That may only work for Windows 95 / 98 ... you might be better off going down the Virtual PC route ...
Using Compatibility Mode bypassed the hard-drive issue, but now it wants to install DirectX (it always fails for obvious reasons) and refuses to continue unless it is installed.
Posted December 26, 2011
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nmillar: /id

EDIT: That may only work for Windows 95 / 98 ... you might be better off going down the Virtual PC route ...
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POLE7645: Using Compatibility Mode bypassed the hard-drive issue, but now it wants to install DirectX (it always fails for obvious reasons) and refuses to continue unless it is installed.
Compatibility and run as admin?
Posted December 26, 2011
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POLE7645: now it wants to install DirectX (it always fails for obvious reasons) and refuses to continue unless it is installed.
If Rohan15's suggestion doesn't work, depending on the installer it uses, you can sometimes hack the install script to remove that step. Or maybe you can find a way into tricking the installer to think that version of DirectX is installed... (DirectX 5, or ?)
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