Got an installation error that I can't overcome.

rudewarrior · 10-29-06, 05:34 PM

When installing this game I get "Error 1335. The cabinet file 'Data11.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. The could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package."

Abort, Retry, Ignore.

I have searched several places including here, and I can't find a solution that works.

I have tried installing after copying the DVD contents to my hard drive.

I have reinitialized the windows installer.

I have cleaned the DVD, and I also went out and bought a new copy, so I have two to work with.

I just changed my mobo and my GPU, but everything seems to be working ok.

Is there any other solutions out there I have missed?

Please help, I love this game, and upgrades were specifically so I can play it. I'm really hurtin' here.

Thanx.

jwatch · 10-29-06, 07:23 PM

Try installing to a different directory, not the default one provided by the installer. That worked for me when all else failed. Good luck.

rudewarrior · 10-29-06, 07:49 PM

Thanx for the advice, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work.

Any other suggestions?

10-29-06, 09:51 PM

Are you trying to install by copying the entire contents of the CD to your hard drive, and then installing from the HD? I don't think that will work, because of the copy protection software that is an integral part of SHIII.

Install from the CD drive and see if that helps.

rudewarrior · 10-30-06, 09:30 AM

I have tried from the DVD-ROM drive and tried copying the contents to the HD then installing. Other people have said that worked.

I do have a CD-ROM that I haven't tried yet. I will try that tonight.

Thanx for the help, keep them coming.

mountainmanUK · 10-30-06, 10:43 AM

Have you tried runningone of those CD / DVD Drive cleaning disks? It COULD just be that the read "eye" in your drive is starting to fail, hopefully only because it may be a little dirty!

Just an idea that might work!

Cheers

rudewarrior · 10-30-06, 03:05 PM

I have a "cd cleaning disk," the kind that has the very small brushes on it. Tried that, already, but it didn't work either.

Keep em' coming!!!

Gizzmoe · 10-31-06, 10:11 AM

One guy got the 1335 error because one of his RAM chips was broken. He replaced it and after that he could install the games. Here´s a free RAM tester:
http://www.memtest86.com/

Or if you have Starforce on your PC, remove it and try the installation again. Here´s the official removal tool:
http://onlinesecurity-on.com/downloads/sfdrvrem.zip

rudewarrior · 10-31-06, 10:39 AM

Ok, I think I have located the source of the problem.

I just tried to install CIV III, because I wanted to try installing a few more games besides Brothers In Arms to see if it crapped out.

It did!!! Similar kind of error, too. So I am thinking that my DVD-ROM is having some sort of issue. Possibly when I was backing everything up I may have overburned it?

Anyway, could I get a few people to confirm my troubleshooting at this point, and then I will risk going and getting a new drive if I can get a few people to reaffirm my diagnosis.

Any other way to check it?

Any recommendations for a company to go with?

I will be heading to school shortly to go ahead and get a cheapo copy of Windows so I have one. In the meantime I will see if the school store has a drive someone could recommend.

Thanx for all the help you guys are awesome.

mountainmanUK · 10-31-06, 11:45 AM

Glad to hear you're getting there......even if it is slowly!

So far as getting a new CD / DVD Drive......there are currently LOADS around for a very reasonable price too! ( I'm talking about the UK, but I guess its the same in most places)

I picked up my Emprex 16 X DVD-RW around 6 months ago, for the incredibly low price of £35 (about $60, I think), from my local Discount PC Harware Shop. (Its actually a small retail shop belonging to a former major PC Manufacturer in UK).

I'm sure I've seen lots of similar deals in the big chain stores (PC World etc) for not much more......but you CAN pay anything right up to around £200 for a state-of-the-art model!

Any basic CD /DVD-RW drive will do most jobs that you need, and with most you also get a decent Software Package too, which should give you Burning software and possibly other handy progs.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

(btw....a plain old CD / DVD Conbo drive, without re-writer, will only set you back around half the above prices, if that!)

Regards

flakmonkey · 11-03-06, 07:08 AM

Narcosis- actually yes.. you can reinstall the installer (2.2) for xp, yes.. is is a seperate exe. no reinstalling of xp is needed!

the installer can often become corrupt after installing windows service packs, i guess it depends how long youve had xp, as new `puters already have all the service packs preinstalled and avoid any probs with corrupt files.

rudewarrior · 11-05-06, 10:33 AM

Well, at this point, I now think I have a bad mobo. It I can't install stuff from either drive, and I can't read stuff from my floppy drive. Gonna return the mobo for a new one and have someone else install it. I could have tried reinstalling windows, but I don't think that would of fixed it, plus I don't have a copy lying around. I can get a EULA one from school, but I might as well wait until vista comes out and get the cheapo then. Anyway, we'll see how it goes when I get the new mobo.

GT182 · 11-05-06, 11:05 AM

If you get a new mobo then you will need to backup all you have now before installing it. And in doing so will neccessetate the reinstall of XP. Plus you might have to call MS and explain the problem so they will let you use your XP cd and not buy a new copy.

Tho hopefully you'll have the XP OS on a separate partition. All your files will be ok except XP.

rudewarrior · 11-20-06, 08:30 PM

Hey guys, just to finish out this thread, turns out it was a bad memory stick, got it replaced, and everything is ok. Except that the original reason that the game was crashing before the upgrades is still there.

I think at this point it must be a corrupt file. The crashes occurred under TW 2.0, so since a new one has come out, I'll be trying that instead, and see if it works better.

Thanx for the help, everyone!!! Happy sailing!

10-29-06, 05:34 PM	#1
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Got an installation error that I can't overcome. When installing this game I get "Error 1335. The cabinet file 'Data11.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. The could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package." Abort, Retry, Ignore. I have searched several places including here, and I can't find a solution that works. I have tried installing after copying the DVD contents to my hard drive. I have reinitialized the windows installer. I have cleaned the DVD, and I also went out and bought a new copy, so I have two to work with. I just changed my mobo and my GPU, but everything seems to be working ok. Is there any other solutions out there I have missed? Please help, I love this game, and upgrades were specifically so I can play it. I'm really hurtin' here. Thanx.

11-05-06, 11:05 AM	#13
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	If you get a new mobo then you will need to backup all you have now before installing it. And in doing so will neccessetate the reinstall of XP. Plus you might have to call MS and explain the problem so they will let you use your XP cd and not buy a new copy. Tho hopefully you'll have the XP OS on a separate partition. All your files will be ok except XP. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

10-29-06, 07:23 PM	#2
jwatch Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Somerset Pennsylvania USA Posts: 27 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Try installing to a different directory, not the default one provided by the installer. That worked for me when all else failed. Good luck.

10-29-06, 07:49 PM	#3
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Thanx for the advice, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. Any other suggestions?

10-29-06, 09:51 PM	#4
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Are you trying to install by copying the entire contents of the CD to your hard drive, and then installing from the HD? I don't think that will work, because of the copy protection software that is an integral part of SHIII. Install from the CD drive and see if that helps.

10-30-06, 09:30 AM	#5
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	I have tried from the DVD-ROM drive and tried copying the contents to the HD then installing. Other people have said that worked. I do have a CD-ROM that I haven't tried yet. I will try that tonight. Thanx for the help, keep them coming.

10-30-06, 10:43 AM	#6
mountainmanUK Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Blackburn, Lancashire, ENGLAND Posts: 154 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Have you tried runningone of those CD / DVD Drive cleaning disks? It COULD just be that the read "eye" in your drive is starting to fail, hopefully only because it may be a little dirty! Just an idea that might work! Cheers

10-30-06, 03:05 PM	#7
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	I have a "cd cleaning disk," the kind that has the very small brushes on it. Tried that, already, but it didn't work either. Keep em' coming!!!

10-31-06, 10:11 AM	#8
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	One guy got the 1335 error because one of his RAM chips was broken. He replaced it and after that he could install the games. Here´s a free RAM tester: http://www.memtest86.com/ Or if you have Starforce on your PC, remove it and try the installation again. Here´s the official removal tool: http://onlinesecurity-on.com/downloads/sfdrvrem.zip

10-31-06, 10:39 AM	#9
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Ok, I think I have located the source of the problem. I just tried to install CIV III, because I wanted to try installing a few more games besides Brothers In Arms to see if it crapped out. It did!!! Similar kind of error, too. So I am thinking that my DVD-ROM is having some sort of issue. Possibly when I was backing everything up I may have overburned it? Anyway, could I get a few people to confirm my troubleshooting at this point, and then I will risk going and getting a new drive if I can get a few people to reaffirm my diagnosis. Any other way to check it? Any recommendations for a company to go with? I will be heading to school shortly to go ahead and get a cheapo copy of Windows so I have one. In the meantime I will see if the school store has a drive someone could recommend. Thanx for all the help you guys are awesome.

10-31-06, 11:45 AM	#10
mountainmanUK Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Blackburn, Lancashire, ENGLAND Posts: 154 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Glad to hear you're getting there......even if it is slowly! So far as getting a new CD / DVD Drive......there are currently LOADS around for a very reasonable price too! ( I'm talking about the UK, but I guess its the same in most places) I picked up my Emprex 16 X DVD-RW around 6 months ago, for the incredibly low price of £35 (about $60, I think), from my local Discount PC Harware Shop. (Its actually a small retail shop belonging to a former major PC Manufacturer in UK). I'm sure I've seen lots of similar deals in the big chain stores (PC World etc) for not much more......but you CAN pay anything right up to around £200 for a state-of-the-art model! Any basic CD /DVD-RW drive will do most jobs that you need, and with most you also get a decent Software Package too, which should give you Burning software and possibly other handy progs. Hope this helps, and good luck! (btw....a plain old CD / DVD Conbo drive, without re-writer, will only set you back around half the above prices, if that!) Regards

11-03-06, 07:08 AM	#11
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Narcosis- actually yes.. you can reinstall the installer (2.2) for xp, yes.. is is a seperate exe. no reinstalling of xp is needed! the installer can often become corrupt after installing windows service packs, i guess it depends how long youve had xp, as new `puters already have all the service packs preinstalled and avoid any probs with corrupt files.

11-05-06, 10:33 AM	#12
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Well, at this point, I now think I have a bad mobo. It I can't install stuff from either drive, and I can't read stuff from my floppy drive. Gonna return the mobo for a new one and have someone else install it. I could have tried reinstalling windows, but I don't think that would of fixed it, plus I don't have a copy lying around. I can get a EULA one from school, but I might as well wait until vista comes out and get the cheapo then. Anyway, we'll see how it goes when I get the new mobo.

11-20-06, 08:30 PM	#14
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Hey guys, just to finish out this thread, turns out it was a bad memory stick, got it replaced, and everything is ok. Except that the original reason that the game was crashing before the upgrades is still there. I think at this point it must be a corrupt file. The crashes occurred under TW 2.0, so since a new one has come out, I'll be trying that instead, and see if it works better. Thanx for the help, everyone!!! Happy sailing!