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[Inirji]

Hey guys!  I just wanted to make you all aware of the weirdest computer glitch that I have ever seen in my life...

Just recently I got my upgrade to windows 7 disc from toshiba to, well, upgrade my vista to 7.

Well, I tried installing it 3 times, and even changed the boot priority for a clean install, but it kept saying the files were corrupt.  I thought this was a little more than strange, considering how the disc had come from the company itself, so I checked the contents of the disc. 

Apparantly Mass Effect 2 had taken 2 of the "boot" files that should be read when installing windows 7 and changed them so that they start the game. 

What the ****?  Mass Effect 2 hindered me from upgrading my system?  Yeah, real great BioWare.

Anyways, this is the 4th time i'm trying to install windows 7 on this ****ing laptop, but I just wanted to give everyone an enormous heads up.  Uinstall ME2 before upgrading your system or things WILL **** up.

I'll keep you posted on my upgrade status...

By the way, awesome game.  Some problems here and there are nothing compared to how amazing the game itself was...but this is a little annoying. <_<

[Bravenu3]

Eeewww! Was it really ME2, or the EA activation manager (it's like PC cancer)?
And please confirm: uninstalling ME2 clears the way for Win7 installation?

Modifié par Bravenu3, 27 février 2010 - 11:47 .

[Inirji]

The files are called "BOOTMGR" and "BCD"

I don't know if it changed any others as well.

edit: These two files displayed the "2" of the mass effect 2 logo.  Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to tell if anything was wrong.  It changed the LOGO!

Modifié par Inirji, 27 février 2010 - 11:47 .

[Inirji]

Well, uninstalling ME2 got rid of that weird glitch where "BOOTMGR" and "BCD" started the game, but install still crashed and burned like a mother ****. I can't find any "EA Games" anything on my computer, but I'm sure something was installed.

Doing a complete system restore to earliest possible date now...we'll just have to see what happens.

Modifié par Inirji, 27 février 2010 - 11:56 .

[Tleining]

@ Inirji

Just did quick searches on google for those two files, a lot of people are unable to upgrade because of those two being displayed as corrupted.

Apparently things like adding a second harddrive after the first windows installation can cause this. Some people had to disconnect all secondary drives (external hdd, second internal hdd, ..) for the problem to dissapear.

[Inirji]

It's a lap top with 1 drive.