If it was the launcher then lots of people would be having the same problems. The only time I've seen this kind of thing happen in the past it has been because of a virus/malware infection.
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Game launcher continously trying to access my floppy drive ? Won't install without it
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If it was the launcher then lots of people would be having the same problems. The only time I've seen this kind of thing happen in the past it has been because of a virus/malware infection.
Sooo he had forgotten to remove some of the 84'er code then?
Be glad taht it doesn't seek a Datasette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette
Be glad taht it doesn't seek a Datasette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette
You may have had a failure in the interim.
Thanks for the first bit of constructive help. Interestingly in the appdata/local there was "Frontier_Developments", "Frontier Developments" and "Frontier-Developments"
I deleted all three, deleted the program files folder rebooted and did a clean install.
Now I don't have as many errors (they're still popping up though - about the A: drive bay door) but my download speed is now stuck at 0Mb/s. At least before it was downloading something, now it's downloading nothing. I've opened a support ticket.
Ugh.
All the pleasure of having been on the beta program was just undone by a broken release installer
It es me off because I would expect this from someone like Electronic Arts, but having gone all the way through from the first kickstarter, through all the betas to the release without a single real problem, to get to today and find I can't even install the release is kick in balls.
So the installer is broken but no one else is having this problem?
Hmmm, ok have you tried setting your Bios to fail safe defaults, honestly the number of computers I get to fix becuase of Bios settings is crazy. One of the other main issues in the SATA drive set up, is it set to IDE mode rather than RAID or AHCI..?
Also, you may want to search regedit for any entries of elite.
Failing all else maybe a system restore..?
Also, you may want to search regedit for any entries of elite.
Failing all else maybe a system restore..?
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Viruses can cause stuff like that. Run a scan etc.
This is the modern day use for floppy drives- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_sAxrAu7Q
Lol, nice 1 !
Wow this thread makes me happy that I didn't plug in my USB floppy drive, at anypoint in the last week or so. I was seriously thinking of handing in my computer science final project on a 3.5" disk just for kicks. Maybe next semester.
Viruses can cause stuff like that. Run a scan etc.
This is the modern day use for floppy drives
That is AWESOME!
Even morden motherboards still support floppy drives, just the PC manufacture doesn't install one.
Out of curiosity I installed ED and have encountered the same problem as the OP.
During installation of ED my floppy was constantly accessed. I stuffed an empty floppy disk into it so that it at least stayed relatively quiet.
Now that ED is installed, I get the following behaviour:
When the launcher is started, occasionally the floppy is accessed.
When I start the game, the floppy stays quiet, even though the launcher is still open in the background.
@OP: Did you create a ticket?
If not I will do it.
PS: I have both a 3'5 and a 5'25 floppy built in my computer. However, the BIOS supports only one so only the 3'5 is plugged in right now.
During installation of ED my floppy was constantly accessed. I stuffed an empty floppy disk into it so that it at least stayed relatively quiet.
Now that ED is installed, I get the following behaviour:
When the launcher is started, occasionally the floppy is accessed.
When I start the game, the floppy stays quiet, even though the launcher is still open in the background.
@OP: Did you create a ticket?
If not I will do it.
PS: I have both a 3'5 and a 5'25 floppy built in my computer. However, the BIOS supports only one so only the 3'5 is plugged in right now.
Thanks for the first bit of constructive help. Interestingly in the appdata/local there was "Frontier_Developments", "Frontier Developments" and "Frontier-Developments"
I deleted all three, deleted the program files folder rebooted and did a clean install.
Now I don't have as many errors (they're still popping up though - about the A: drive bay door) but my download speed is now stuck at 0Mb/s. At least before it was downloading something, now it's downloading nothing. I've opened a support ticket.
Ugh.
All the pleasure of having been on the beta program was just undone by a broken release installer
It es me off because I would expect this from someone like Electronic Arts, but having gone all the way through from the first kickstarter, through all the betas to the release without a single real problem, to get to today and find I can't even install the release is kick in balls.
I'd be very worried about having that 3rd folder. I've only ever seen the 1st 2 on my machine.
Holy crap, I can't remember the last time I seen a floppy disk. 1.44mb for the win!
You still have a floppy ?