WoW installing problems -- urgent!

[alaex_51]

Hey guys,

I am currently installing WoW and its going extremely slow...I have a DVD RW/ROM drive, and it doesnt make much noise during installation. The installation also always hangs on certain files, making it take ages. The WoW CD is a CD-ROM, maybe that could be causing this..?

Is there any setting I could change on my DVD-RW/ROM drive that could let me install CD-ROMs without having to wait ages and risk possible errors etc...or any programs that help with these kind of things?

Please, any replies would be appreciated greatly.

Thanks, Alaex.

 

[alaex_51]

It's ok...I threw in an old CD/DVD-ROM drive from an old PC and it worked, so all is fine.

 

[acidosmosis]

World of Warcraft installs extremely slow no matter what system you have in my experience. It's a pain to install. You can expect to wait 1-2 hours just to install it and get updates with a broadband connection.

 

[alaex_51]

Yeah, I noticed that after I put in the CD-rom drive. It went just as slow, but perhaps a little faster...although, discs 1 and 2 went fine, with the normal 'whirring' noise of a disc spinning, but then disc 3, 4, and 5 went very slowly, and I could hear the disc speeding up every couple of seconds but then stop spinning at all, and then the disc drive would be silent or make a series of clicking noises. I still got through it all right, just wondered why the change of noise occurred.

Thanks, Alaex.

 

[TwistedOne]

Ok, so I bought WoW yesterday and the strangest thing happened. Installation was fine till I inserted CD4. After 15 seconds my computer freezed, blocked, stopped working, whatever. Had to restart it (using the button) Tried again. The same thing. Block. I couldn't even open the CD. So I took my WoW to where I bought it and they COULD open and view the contents. CD is out for testing and I wonder why would this happen?
P.S. All the other CDs functioned properly.