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I have a game on CD. It's the third installment of the Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks, Inc.

I am trying to install the game onto my Laptop. My Laptop is 3 times more everything than the minnium requirements of the game. Everything all of the time works just fine. EXCEPT WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL THIS GAME!

I've tried it different [legit] copies of the game; they don't work. I've tried those copies on other systems; they do work. Tonight, however, I noticed that the Morrowind Install CD had a package on it that was titled Direct X 8.1; CabPack.

Now, when I go to install the game, at 26% it stops and shows me a message saying "cryillic redundancy error" or whatever. The files it errors on is a *.CAB file.

The only problem is that I have Direct X 9.0c. I need Direct X 8.1. All life is ending and I have know idea what the problem is. :cry:

Somebody PLEASE help me!!!!!!

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Most likely that message is a misspelled "cyclic redundancy check" (CRC) error rather than anything to do with Cyrillic text. A CRC failure while extracting a .CAB means the installer detected corrupted data when reading the archive — usually a bad read from the disc, a flaky drive, or an on-system filter (AV/virtual-drive) interfering with extraction.

Practical, ordered steps to try:

  • Try the disc in a different drive (or an external USB drive). If the CD installs fine elsewhere the problem is the laptop drive or its drivers.
  • Copy the whole CD to a folder on a working PC and then transfer that folder to the laptop (network/USB). Run Setup from the hard drive rather than the CD. If copying on the laptop fails with CRC errors, the laptop drive/OS is the issue.
  • Temporarily disable antivirus and any virtual-CD/driver software before running the installer — these can lock or corrupt CAB extraction.
  • Run a surface check on the laptop HDD (chkdsk /r) and check the optical drive/IDE controller in Device Manager (reset/reinstall drivers, check DMA mode).
  • If only the DirectX redistributable is failing, try installing just the game data (run the game installer from the copied folder and skip bundled DX), then run the game launcher and use low resolution/bit depth to diagnose render failures.

As noted, DirectX 9 generally subsumes older runtimes, so DX9 itself is unlikely to cause a CAB CRC. And as suggested, graphics drivers and launcher display settings matter for render failures — update the laptop OEM or GPU drivers and test with the Morrowind launcher at lower settings.

If nothing helps, install the game on a working PC, copy the installed game folder (and export any small registry keys if needed) to the laptop, or try an ISO image/mounted virtual drive as the installer source. Contact Bethesda support with the exact CRC/file name if the error persists.

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Member Avatar for caperjack

only coment i can make is directx 9,is directx 8.1 upgraded and shoud do the job .

Member Avatar for MasashiMikamida

Maybe it's the OS I'm using....I dunno. This is really frustrating!!

What could possibly be the problem???

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Maybe it's the OS I'm using....I dunno. This is really frustrating!!

What could possibly be the problem???

Maybe you can find someone on there fourms who had the same problems !http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/

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Maybe. Well, I got a new PC to try it on (two actually) and they worked. So I think the problem is my specific OS. That maybe there was a glitch on the CD when installed it. I tried installing the exact same OS on one of the new PCs that i t worked on before. The installation with my OS didn't work. Except on my HP Pavilion N5415 Laptop. But it couldn't run because of a so-called Render Failure.

Anyway, I've decided to stop caring. This may be a bit of an exaduration, but I'm seriously considering saving my money and buying some sort of Uber L337 Falcon NW or alienware or some high-end PC. Course, with my luck, I'll need a Cray X-10 before this stuid thing works...

Member Avatar for jwenting

What OS and stuff are you using on the laptop?
I've got Morrowind installed and running fine on Windows 2000.

I did notice Morrowind is a bit picky as to sound and videosettings, but those only come AFTER installation.
Render failure could be that, an incorrectly configured videosystem. Try different resolutions and bit depths and if that fails different drivers.
You should update your videodrivers anyway when installing a new operating system, the ones on the installation disk are always hideously out of date and not optimised for your hardware, get the latest from the manufacturer of your chipset.

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