Sim City 4: Installation Problem

[1cainr]

Hello,

I am trying to install the game onto my PC, i have got passed the serial screen however when it starts the installation the error occurs:

"A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file 'I:\Plugins\BAckground3D0.png' from media" !Do you want to retry to copy the file, or cancel the installation?"

Can anyone help?

 

[mailpup]

Have you tried cleaning the business side of the CD?

 

[1cainr]

Yes, disk is in perfect condition, i just dont understand whats wrong with it.

 

[mailpup]

I don't know if it will help but can you give your system specifications?

 

[1cainr]

I think its to do with Windows 7 but here are my specs:

Win 7 64 bit
Intel Core Duo 3.0
4gb RAM
Geforce 9600 GT
60gb partition 30gb free

 

[mailpup]

Is it just this game you have trouble installing or do you have problems installing other programs or games from CDs? I'm thinking that perhaps the CD drive might be faulty.

 

[Route44]

mailpup had the right idea about system specs. Sim City 4 was designed for Windows XP/ME/2000/98 in the heyday of DirectX 7.

If you do a websearch you'll find a number of posts about people trying to get this to run in Windows 7 64 but with little success. However, see this link: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137390.html Even Vista has issues.

There is talk of a patch but whether or not EA will release an official one for the latest OS is doubtful. I did see that EA has released the Sim Box containing Sim City releases including 4. Perhaps they coded for the newer hardware and operating systems.