App Installation Issues

athomas · 01-07-2009, 01:06 AM

I'm reloading a PC of mine, on Vista Ultimate. Reloading games back on here, pretty much every game I've tried to install (off of cd/dvd) gives some sort of error saying "error performing inpage operation." What's this mean?

Edit: When I install from an iso backup either from an external HDD or thru the network, it works like a charm, no errors installing Vista, and all discs are known working.

donkey42 · 01-07-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by athomas

What's this mean?

Common Cause of "Error Performing Inpage Operation" Explained

maybe increacing your swapfile / pagafile would help, currently what is your swapfile set at ?
and how much RAM do you have ?

athomas · 02-07-2009, 07:27 PM

RAM is 3 gigs. I have the page file set to the default Vista Ultimate uses. In the past (if I remember right) that's worked.

Should I set the page file to double the ram like most do on XP/Server 2003?

athomas · 02-07-2009, 08:11 PM

Well I did what I asked in the last post, and I get this now (not just in this install, but every install). These are all legal copies, all disc 1 of 1, not sure what the problem is.

Corrupt install of Windows perhaps?

I really don't want to reload Windows unless absolutely needed.

donkey42 · 03-07-2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by athomas

Well I did what I asked in the last post, and I get this now (not just in this install, but every install). These are all legal copies, all disc 1 of 1, not sure what the problem is.

Corrupt install of Windows perhaps?

always a possability with Win but not always neccisary

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Originally Posted by athomas

I really don't want to reload Windows unless absolutely needed.

what exactly are you trying to do ?

to answer your previous question

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Originally Posted by athomas

Should I set the page file to double the ram like most do on XP/Server 2003?

in most cases it is sufficient, however, on XP Win constantly resized the swapfile, so, an increase in performance was achieved by setting the swapfile min & max to the same number (usually twice the RAM) however some apps / games required a substantially larger swapfile (usuall in the manual / documentation) sometimes setting a min & max swapfile to say 8Gb was all that was needed, all sorts of strange error messages suddenly disappear when the swapfile is increased, try it

athomas · 03-07-2009, 08:44 AM

I'm just trying to install games off of cd/dvd's. Legit, OEM copies. Never had these issues before.

Anti-Trend · 06-07-2009, 08:32 AM

Don't think it's a memory issue at all. Looks like something might have changed in the way Vista handles the installation script. That or the excessive DRM is getting in your way. Try it in XP compat mode, any change?

athomas · 06-07-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Anti-Trend

Don't think it's a memory issue at all. Looks like something might have changed in the way Vista handles the installation script. That or the excessive DRM is getting in your way. Try it in XP compat mode, any change?

Didn't know I can run an installer in Xp compatibility mode off of a DVD.

Anti-Trend · 06-07-2009, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by athomas

Didn't know I can run an installer in Xp compatibility mode off of a DVD.

Yeah, you should be able to right-click on the executable and change the properties before running. Of course it's not as if I run Vista myself [thankfully], so I can't confirm it works as advertised.

athomas · 06-07-2009, 08:54 AM

Could this be hdd i/o problems?

Anti-Trend · 06-07-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by athomas

Could this be hdd i/o problems?

I dunno, is the D: drive an HDD in your system, or your DVD drive?

athomas · 06-07-2009, 09:15 AM

D is my DVD drive...

Anti-Trend · 06-07-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by athomas

D is my DVD drive...

That's the one that your error dialog is complaining about, so unless you have other info I don't have any reason to think the HDD is an issue.

athomas · 07-07-2009, 08:55 PM

Compatibility mode doesn't work.

So, DVD drive issue then?

Anti-Trend · 07-07-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by athomas

Compatibility mode doesn't work.

So, DVD drive issue then?

Most likely. Of course, it could also be an issue with Vista... I trust Vista about as far as I can throw the city of Redmond, Washington.

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	App Installation Issues I'm reloading a PC of mine, on Vista Ultimate. Reloading games back on here, pretty much every game I've tried to install (off of cd/dvd) gives some sort of error saying "error performing inpage operation." What's this mean? Edit: When I install from an iso backup either from an external HDD or thru the network, it works like a charm, no errors installing Vista, and all discs are known working. __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com Last edited by athomas; 01-07-2009 at 01:40 AM..

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	RAM is 3 gigs. I have the page file set to the default Vista Ultimate uses. In the past (if I remember right) that's worked. Should I set the page file to double the ram like most do on XP/Server 2003? __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	Well I did what I asked in the last post, and I get this now (not just in this install, but every install). These are all legal copies, all disc 1 of 1, not sure what the problem is. Corrupt install of Windows perhaps? I really don't want to reload Windows unless absolutely needed. __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	I'm just trying to install games off of cd/dvd's. Legit, OEM copies. Never had these issues before. __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek Join Date: Oct 2003 Age: 28 Male Posts: 5,518 Times Helpful: 662 Status: Online My Computer	Don't think it's a memory issue at all. Looks like something might have changed in the way Vista handles the installation script. That or the excessive DRM is getting in your way. Try it in XP compat mode, any change? __________________ Try Linux \| Install Linux \| Visit My Server \| Support HWF \| HWF Kernel Repo \| Remember Everything

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	Could this be hdd i/o problems? __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	D is my DVD drive... __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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athomas Big Geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 152 My Mood: Tired Status: Offline	Compatibility mode doesn't work. So, DVD drive issue then? __________________ Custom Gaming Rig Specs (Built By Me) Asus M2NVM-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard 3GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA3 HDD nVidia 8600GT Dual Core AMD 4400+ @ 2.8GHz Bright Fuse Hosting Managed Hosting Solutions http://www.brightfusehosting.com

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