Hi,
I was trying install Warcraft 3 on my computer after wee had to get the hard drive formatted a little while ago.
So when I used my disc, it would get up a certain point, then just stop working. The same thing happened with AOE3 after installation.
So, only for Warcraft, I made an ISO out of the CD files, and put the ISO onto a blank CD. It then, using the blank CD, installed correctly.
But when I went to Battle net to play, I would join a game, it'd start and when it was fully loaded, I'd get an error along the lines of this:
"This application has encountered a critical error:

The file data is corrupt.

Program: c:\program files\warcraft iii\war3.exe
File: War3.mpq"

War3.mpq was also that file that wouldn't install completely when I used the regular disc. I have changed some things(settings) on the computer, should I try re-installing XP?
(Some Battle.net games would work, others wouldn't)

Age of Empires 3 wouldn't install either. I didn't burn it to a blank disk like I did with Warcraft 3. Various times during AOE's installation, I'd get a message with something like this:

"Wee couldn't access 'C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/thisfile.extenstion. Please verify that you can access it and press Ok."
I'd press Okay, and it'd go a bit farther, then bring up the same message. I did that for a while, until I decided it won't work.

I have ran "chkdisk" once, but it did not fix the problem with Warcraft or AOE.
So, should I try to re-install XP? (So that original settings are restored.)
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