Reliable Hardware <3
Installing WoW from scratch is an arduous process. The five discs take something closer to two hours to process and then there's the added task of installing the expansion set and, of course, patching. On the third disc I got a read error and was forced to start over, rebooting to get my laptop to realize that, yes, it DID in fact have a DVD drive attached. On the second try, I hung on the edge of my seat as the installer struggled its way slowly through the third disc. Then the fourth, which apparently due to bad karma or me not having showered or some other arcane reason, caused the drive to continually spin up to full speed and then slow down. Spin up. Spin down. Spin up. Spin down. And with each fluctuation my nerves wound slowly tighter. Miraculously, the disc didn't produce any errors and so with an almost palpable relief mixed with dread I swapped in the fifth and final disc and closed the hatch. Spin up. Spin down. Silence. The prompt for the fifth disc sticking resolutely to the screen. A quick check to system properties confirmed my fear: The DVD drive had once again decided that one and a half hours into the installation was a good time to stop existing altogether.
I had half a mind to crack the laptop in two right then and there.
Fifteen minutes, a beer and a cigarette later I tracked down a client download from the interwebs. Still an estimated ten hours for it to download. At times like this I wonder why do I even bother. All I wanted to do was grind for a bit and then proceed to more amusing things...
I had half a mind to crack the laptop in two right then and there.
Fifteen minutes, a beer and a cigarette later I tracked down a client download from the interwebs. Still an estimated ten hours for it to download. At times like this I wonder why do I even bother. All I wanted to do was grind for a bit and then proceed to more amusing things...