My computer corrupts the GWX2 bin files.

[GoldenEagle8]

Hi, I had to reinstall the GWX2, but everytime I run the installer once, and am successful, for somereason, my computer corrupts the .bin files. I can't figure out why it does this but is a real pain to reinstall SHIII everytime a corrupt .bin file ruins it, and then I have to redownload all the .bin files. It's become a real pain, because as soon as I fix one .bin, another one goes bad, forcing me to redownload those, it's getting really old. How can I make my computer stop corrupting the files after I use them?

[bigboywooly]

Hmmm
How odd

To save D\L them again make another copy of the bins before use
That way you have a back up

Not heard of bins being corrupted in that way before
Mine sometimes come down corrupted due to various issues but once they are o and down they stay ok

Once you have GWX 2 installed OK you can make a back up of that install too
Just in case you need it

I always have a back up of patched stock and a back up of GWX - normally another backup which I use for testing etc

I suppose depends how much space you have

[NealT]

Before I downloaded or reinstalled anything...I would:

Run an anti-virus checking program on the machine.
Run a spyware checking program on the machine.
Cleanup and defragment the HD's.
Check the HD to make sure it is working properly.

It almost sounds like you have a HD issue itself that is corrupting things...but that is only a guess...

[GoldenEagle8]

I plan to copy the newest one somewhere else before installing this time.

And I usually do have two installs on my system, stock, and GWX.

I'll just copy them everytime I need to use these I guess.:-?

[GoldenEagle8]

Before I downloaded or reinstalled anything...I would:

Run an anti-virus checking program on the machine.
Run a spyware checking program on the machine.
Cleanup and defragment the HD's.
Check the HD to make sure it is working properly.

It almost sounds like you have a HD issue itself that is corrupting things...but that is only a guess...

I almost though that it was my HDD too, but why would it only do it the GWX bin files? They are the only files that have ever had this problem.

[CapZap1970]

would be better to burn them to a CD or DVD right after download is complete. ;)
Then you can copy the files back to your computer every time the files get corrupted.
IMo it has nothing to do vith a virus.
CapZap

[GoldenEagle8]

Before I used the newest ones, I copied them to an external hard drive, so they should be safe.

[johnno74]

I've had similar issues with large archives getting corrupted when I copied them around, it turned out to be a bad stick of memory.

Smaller files seemed to copy fine, but when I copied a big file (DVD Iso) from one drive to another they would occasionally get corrupted :down:

There is a freeware windows memory checker Here. (http://hcidesign.com/memtest/) If it picks up errors you definitely have a problem but it is not 100% reliable at finding bad ram. To be sure you should download a bootable CD image & use that.
When I had my issues the windows mem test app did find errors tho...