Half-Life 2 Question

Posted by spedregon
on Jan 9, 2009 6:52 am PT

Installing Half-life 2?

So when i go to install half-life 2 i get to the 4th disc and it starts making some funny noise and never finishes the install. ive tried uninstalling steam and all the files that it did install but whenever i try to reinstall it always gets stuck on the 4th disc.

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Posted by Rimmer_Dall
on Feb 8, 2009 3:50 pm PT

Try installing it through Steam rather than with your CDs. It takes a long time to download the files, but they'll work without a CD.

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From oblivion from aoc on Feb 3, 2009 5:01 pm PT - Sign in to rate this answer.

Your 4th disk is probably scratched and your computer is unable to read all of it, i suggest you contact steam support

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