ok when i am installing etm i get a crc error from data3.cab file, and it exits out of the install program. i've tried looking all over the net for an explination but no luck. i burned a different disc2 and still no luck, please help.

Joe

corrpution in the cd , did you download it ?

yes 3 different times from 3 different people.

i also get thiry to install the game,but i bought it.i dont think it is faulty discs as i had it replaced and stil have the same problem.plus the fact it installed on my laptop.both computers are running xp home and are resonably powerful

I have a RAR'ed backup for each CD and when I try to unRAR CD2 I always receive the same error message:

! C:\Temp\ENTER.THE.MATRIX-DEViANCE\CD2\dev-etm2.r48: Packed data CRC failed in dev-etm2.bin. The volume is corrupt
! CRC failed in dev-etm2.bin. The file is corrupt

So this sounds very similar to what you're experiencing, except that I can't even get to the point of burning out my back-up because WinRAR won't generate the bin file. Any help or advice would be appreciated; feel free to email me directly at BryanGuidoHassin@hotmail.com or I'm on AIM as FabioBGH (Long story!).

Thanks! :-)

Originally posted by guido23
I have a RAR'ed backup for each CD and when I try to unRAR CD2 I always receive the same error message:

! C:\Temp\ENTER.THE.MATRIX-DEViANCE\CD2\dev-etm2.r48: Packed data CRC failed in dev-etm2.bin. The volume is corrupt
! CRC failed in dev-etm2.bin. The file is corrupt

So this sounds very similar to what you're experiencing, except that I can't even get to the point of burning out my back-up because WinRAR won't generate the bin file. Any help or advice would be appreciated; feel free to email me directly at BryanGuidoHassin@hotmail.com or I'm on AIM as FabioBGH (Long story!).

Thanks! :-)

The game came as a .cue with the .bin (4 disc image) !

Now you downloaded a file that was corrupted to begin with can't expect much there as for the thread starter. You download a corrupted file no matter how many times you download you'll get the same results unless you get it off a specific person (single) !!!!

Yeah this is information not anything else to be more specific on the topic :)

@guido23, just download a new dev-etm2.r48 and make sure it checks out with the SFV.

I just downloades a new dev-etm2.r48 and I still receive the same error. I had WinRAR try to "repair archive" and again the same error. What is CRC anyway?

Cyclic Redundancy Check. Did you check the file(s) with the SFV?

Forgive my ignorance, but what is SFV?

Simple File Varification.

When you download a game you would normally get say dev-etm1.rar-r52 and dev-etm1.sfv (same for the other disc(s) and dev-etm.nfo.

Using SFV Checker v1.09, it doesn't look like the SFV is much help. The SFV for disc 1 lists all of the RAR files and their integrities; the SFV for disc 2 lists nothing. This is the log:

*****
SFV File Manager Log Date: 2003-06-01 19:24:28
SFV File: C:\Temp\ENTER.THE.MATRIX-DEViANCE\CD2\dev-etm2.sfv

Filename Bytes Type Status chkSum sfvSum

End
*****

Does this mean that the SFV is corrupted as well?