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Grieve wrote on 6/8/2005 8:52 AM:
> there is NO NEED to run the installation, all data is easily accessible on
> the CD.
> 
> browse the content of the Quake 2 CD with explorer, go into the folder
> "Install" and then into the folder "Data" inside "Install".
> All you need is there. Create a folder on you HD where you want your Quake 2
> directory to be, the copy everything you find in the Data folder into your
> Quake 2 directory, complete with all subfolders.
> 
> You might install the 3.20 patch after that. Then you can run Quake 2 by
> starting the quake2.exe.
> But it is NOT necessary to run the install exe on the CD !
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "rob" <unisurfer1@xtra.co.nz>
> Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing Quake2
> 
> 
> 
>>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
> 
> 
> 

I will second that and say that I have done the copy and it works fine.

Jim