Disk compression error

[alucard13]

I have been playing a game on my computer recently,Vampire bloodlines the masquerade, but this morning when i tried to load my game the game closed and a message popped up saying disk compression error. I dont know what this means and the same thing happens every time i try to acess the game. can someone please help me with this problem?

[thedon57]

[quote=alucard13]I have been playing a game on my computer recently,Vampire bloodlines the masquerade, but this morning when i tried to load my game the game closed and a message popped up saying disk compression error. I dont know what this means and the same thing happens every time i try to acess the game. HI the game is trying to access file that have been compressed, or is trying to compress them and cant look at disk space as games take up a lot of disk.

[alucard13]

[quote=thedon57]

Originally Posted by alucard13

I have been playing a game on my computer recently,Vampire bloodlines the masquerade, but this morning when i tried to load my game the game closed and a message popped up saying disk compression error. I dont know what this means and the same thing happens every time i try to acess the game. HI the game is trying to access file that have been compressed, or is trying to compress them and cant look at disk space as games take up a lot of disk.

Thank you,do you know a way i can fix this? I dont know very much about computers, only the basics. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks again.

[thedon57]

[quote=alucard13]

Originally Posted by thedon57

Thank you,do you know a way i can fix this? I dont know very much about computers, only the basics. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks again.

Hi you need to do a disk cleanup then a defrag also take off all but your most recent restore point.
go to programs,accessories, system tools, scroll down you will see disk cleanup. click on that, just follow what it saids. when that is done go back
to system tools click on that one again when it comes up again click options, down the bottom you will see restore point click on that, it will ask you are you sure click ok then ok again. when that one has finished go back to system tools click on defrag. just follow instructions again. once it has finished you should find that you now have some room on your hard drive. now try your game.
let us no either way if that works.

[alucard13]

I tried doing what you said and then tried to load my game but and still closes and says "compression error reading from disk"

[thedon57]

hi so it is coming up that the disk you put in is compressed, if it is then you will probably need to install a zip program like winzip,so that you can unzip the file and run it from there.
If you try to import a video or game or audio file that uses a codec (a compression/decompression algorithm) that ins't already installed on your system, Windows movie maker will not be able to complete the import.1To avoid this problem, you can have windows movie maker download any codec it needs without intervention from you. To make use of this service, choose TOOLS,OPTIONS, and click the General tab. Then select Download Codecs Automatically.

I hope this helps you.