Installing Cataclysm.. taking forever!!

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#1 simo98088
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Got the game on CD.. so far the installation has takin about an hour at its 26% done.. so i guess its gunna take about another 2 hours

for the rest..

certainly takes a while doesnt it.

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#2 k2theswiss
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well if thats the case i guess u start taking a nap since i assume u won't be getting sleep for next 2 weeks?

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#3 GeryGo  Moderator
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Got the game on CD.. so far the installation has takin about an hour at its 26% done.. so i guess its gunna take about another 2 hours

for the rest..

certainly takes a while doesnt it.

simo98088
ROFL - what HDD and CPU you've got there?
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#5 GeryGo  Moderator
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its a decent computer.. been taking a hell of a long time.. at 65% at the moment.simo98088
well how much does it weights? I heard every exp is 10Gb - is it true?
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#6 DanielDust
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[QUOTE="simo98088"]its a decent computer.. been taking a hell of a long time.. at 65% at the moment.PredatorRules
well how much does it weights? I heard every exp is 10Gb - is it true?

Mine's 25.5 gb ( - addons), been on it since 3.5, so it's not a fresh install, but I doubt a fresh one will change much.
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#8 GeryGo  Moderator
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its finished installing the expansion.. now i have another 7.6gig to install.. 7.6.. after installing cataclysm.. absolutly disgraceful.simo98088
hehe - enjoy the installment - finger crossed at least you'll find the expansion entertaining

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#9 rzepak
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its finished installing the expansion.. now i have another 7.6gig to install.. 7.6.. after installing cataclysm.. absolutly disgraceful.simo98088

Patches have been available for a long time on Fileplanet. You should have downloaded them a long time ago like everyone else on the planet. Then your install would take 10min like it did for me and everone I know.

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#12 ventnor
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The game fills about 25gb, you need to download alot.

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#13 angrules23
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A clean install of cata is slowed down by your internet speed as it downloads a lot of data. I installed it today but since i was up to date with data it took all of 5-10 mins.
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#14 k0r3aN_pR1d3
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What I did was just leave my installer[QUOTE="simo98088"]im starting to wonder whether my cataclysm installation didnt work properly.. shouldnt have installing it brought it up to date with the latest patches? and then i shoudl really have to download anything? as far as i can tell.. when i check the wow folder in my computer.. its still only got upto patch 3.2

The WoW launcher is supposed to automatically download all the patches to the most up to date version.
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#15 lpjazzman220
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cata changed alot of the game world and added alot of graphics...i could see how it would take forever to install...as matter fact...i reinstalled on my new laptop a couple weeks ago...while playin the dl took litterally a week in the background

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#16 DanielDust
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cata changed alot of the game world and added alot of graphics...i could see how it would take forever to install...as matter fact...i reinstalled on my new laptop a couple weeks ago...while playin the dl took litterally a week in the background

lpjazzman220

Of course, you had to download around 15-17 gigs of patches (depending on the last update you downloaded) maybe even more, but retail Cataclysm shouldn't download anything other than max 20 mb of hotfixes and small patches.

TC what you post sounds confusing, there is no 3.2 when you install retail Cataclysm even digital. If you had WotLK installed then you just wasted hours for nothing, you should have uninstalled it, because registering Cataclysm, will only give you access to almost 1gb of data for Cataclysm owners, the rest is just a huge update for your old WotLK, an update that would be pointless if you uninstall it and directly install Cataclysm only.

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#17 trastamad03
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This is your first MMO isn't it? It's normal that it takes so long to get started, it has to download/update and such. In the case of WoW, It's worth the wait though.
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#18 Johnny_Rock
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its finished installing the expansion.. now i have another 7.6gig to install.. 7.6.. after installing cataclysm.. absolutly disgraceful.simo98088

Are you a new player? If you've been playing WoW, all of the expansion material was downloaded in the background during play. All I had to do was enter my CD key and log in to play.