LaithArkham Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) My external DVD drive has been wonky recently. For example, when I tried installing Darksiders from the DVDs, it got about 8-ish GB through and then the computer bluescreened. Then I tried copying an installer file for another game (Amnesia: The Dark Descent, about a 1GB file) and in the middle of copying it bluescreened again.These errors, when they happen, are very similar (only a Stop error code with similar hex values, no drivers mentioned and no named error message), and only happen when copying or installing things off of the DVD drive -- copying large files or making large installations in any other capacity does not cause these bluescreens to happen. No, don't worry -- I'm not asking anyone here to troubleshoot my hardware. So what does this have to do with Oblivion? Well, my install currently is a patched vanilla install. I have the GotY edition, but I wanted to play through the main game unmodified by expansions/dlc first. Now, I want to install KotN and Shivering Isles, but my DVD drive's sudden problems are worrying me -- I don't want to mess up my Oblivion install by having my computer crash in the middle of the installation process. Question is: If I attempt to copy the files off of the DVD one file at a time (presuming of course I can do even this much without it bluescreening on me), can the installer on the second GotY disc be run from the hard drive once all the files have been copied there? Or will that not work? Thanks in advance. Edited April 5, 2012 by LaithArkham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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