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DJ wrote:
> Had to install on my Win98 system then copied over to Win2K system.  The
> installation spat out some errors right before the installation started.
> 
> "Paul Breslin" <pbreslin@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:129hd.12763$cS6.12409@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> 
>>Hello --
>>
>>I am trying to install Quake 2 on a Sony Pentium 4 computer.  It just
> 
> won't
> 
>>install.  I can play it from the CD but cannot install.  Any suggestions?
>>Thanks,
>>Paul
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
ok this what you do...a manual install


   	The following are the instructions for manually installing the game, 
there is a maximum, medium, and minimum install.

# Manual install - Maximum
1) Click on START / Programs / MS-DOS Prompt
2) In the DOS Session type the following:

cd\(press the Enter key)
md quake2 (press the Enter key)
cd\quake2 (press the Enter key)
xcopy d:\install\data\*.* /s/e/v (press the Enter key)

3) After it's done copying the files, type "Exit" and then press the 
Enter key. You should now be back in Windows.
4) Now Double-click on the My Computer icon, then your C: drive and then 
the "Quake2" folder.
5) Right-click on the file called: Quake2.exe (it will look like a white 
window with a blue title bar at the top) from the menu that pops up, 
choose "Copy".
6) Now close all the windows and right-click on the Desktop of Windows 
and select "Paste Shortcut".
7) Next, right-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" and choose 
"Properties". Click on the "Shortcut" tab at the top.
8) In the section that says "Target", add the following to the end of 
the line (after adding a space):

+set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2

It should look like this when you're done:

C:\Quake2\quake2.exe +set cddir D:\install\data +set basedir C:\QUAKE2

9) Click on "Apply" and then "Ok"
10) To run Quake 2, double-click on the "Shortcut to Quake2" icon.

# Manual install - Medium (225 MB)
1) Open Windows Explorer, then open your hard drive. Make a new folder 
on the root of your hard drive (eg QUAKE2).
2) Open the Quake2 folder and create a subfolder called BASEQ2.
3) Open the CD-ROM drive with Explorer to browse the contents of the 
Quake2 CD. Open the Install folder, then the data folder.
4) Copy ALL the contents of the DATA folder EXCEPT THE BASEQ2 Folder 
into the other one on your hard drive (which you previously created).
5) Open the BASEQ2 folder on the CD and copy ALL the files located there 
(EXCEPT THE VIDEO FOLDER) to the BASEQ2 folder on your C: drive.
6) Right-click on the Quake2.exe file (the one located on your hard 
drive) and select Create Shortcut.
7) Right-click on this new shortcut and select Properties > Shortcut > 
and under target add:

+set cddir y:\install\data +set basedir x:\zzzzzzz

(Where Y is the CD-ROM drive letter you installed from and X is the 
drive you installed to. Zzzzzz represents the folder you copied the game 
to on your hard drive)

For example: If you copied the files to your C:\Quake2 folder, then your 
shortcut should look like this:

C:\Quake2\Quake2.exe +set cddir c:\quake2 +set basedir c:\quake2

8) Click on Apply, then OK. Double-click on this shortcut to run the game.

# Manual install - Minimum
1) Open Windows explorer, then open your hard drive. Make a new folder 
on the root of your hard drive (eg QUAKE2).
2) Open the Quake2 folder and create a subfolder called BASEQ2.
3) Open the CD-ROM drive with Explorer to browse the contents of the 
Quake2 CD. Open the Install folder, then the data folder.
4) Copy ALL the contents of the DATA folder EXCEPT THE BASEQ2 Folder 
into the other one on your hard drive (which you previously created).
5) Open the BASEQ2 folder on the CD and copy ONLY the Players folder, 
and GAMEX86.DLL to the BASEQ2 folder onto your C: drive.
6) Right-click on the Quake2.exe file (the one located on your hard 
drive) and select Create Shortcut.
7) Right-click on this new shortcut and select Properties > Shortcut > 
and under target add:

+set cddir y:\install\data +set basedir x:\zzzzzzz

(Where Y the CD-ROM drive letter you installed from and X is the drive 
you installed to. Zzzzzz represents the folder you copied the game to on 
your hard drive)

For example: If you copied the files to your C:\Quake2 folder, then your 
shortcut should look like this---

C:\Quake2\Quake2.exe +set cddir d:\install\data +set basedir c:\quake2

8) Click on Apply, then OK. Double-click on this shortcut to run the game.

enjoy

Rob