Re: madden nfl 2003 installation problems

From: Nick Kritselis [MS] (nickk_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 07/01/04


Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:55:47 -0700

JCristini,

Microsoft Support has a support article that lists general troubleshooting
options for problems with game installs. The full article can be found here
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;258496) but I've
included the basic list of steps below. If you are not familiar with how to
perform any of these steps, click the link above to find more detailed
information.

To troubleshoot the game problems, use the following methods in the order
that they are presented in.

Method 1: Clean the Disc
Method 2: Test the Disk in Another Drive
Method 3: Clean the Drive
Method 4: Perform a Clean Boot
Method 5: Run Xcopy Command
Method 6: Check Your Hard Disk for Errors
Method 7: Defragment Your Hard Disk

If the issue continues to occur, go to http://support.microsoft.com, search
for the following Support Q-Articles and follow directions for the version
of your operating system:

331796 KB.EN-US: Games: How to Perform a Clean Boot to Prevent Background
Programs from Interfering with Play
218617 How to Troubleshoot CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Read Issues
314096 How to Troubleshoot CD-ROM Drive Problems in Windows XP
321641 How to Troubleshoot Issues with Reading CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD
Discs

Hope this helps.

-- 
Thanks,
Nick Kritselis [MS]
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"jcristini" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:241bb01c45f8a$c0399020$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I tried and install madden nfl 2003 and it would not
> install, tried a couple times. tried to unistall what did
> go and it would not let me. contacted ea sports, they had
> me go into regestry and delete from there. i tried
> reinstalling like ea sports said to do and now i get 2
> error messages. 1. has experienced and internal error
> 2.--can not find installation log file. any suggestions on
> what i need to do to solve these 2 error messages. HELP!
> my sons are driving me nuts wanting this game into our pc. 


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