Exception in startupInit:Directory \data not found

[seth]

Wtf is "Exception in startupInitirectory \data not found" ????
Reinstalled several times, disabled Norton Antivirus, reinstalled directx (v9.1)
Game cant be startet, my last action was trying the no cd crack ....resulted in same msg. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

System : P4 2,5 Ghz
Radeon Saphire 9600 XT Fireblade edition
WinXP SP1+ (most recent fixes except sp2)
Directx 9.1
Catalyst Driver 4.1

Cheers seth

[Joonas]

Wtf is "Exception in startupInitirectory \data not found" ????

The data folder is the directory which contains all the game's data. It's compressed in the .ras files you'll find in the installation folder. It seems that for some reason the game doesn't find the .ras files.

Reinstalled several times, disabled Norton Antivirus, reinstalled directx (v9.1)
Game cant be startet, my last action was trying the no cd crack ....resulted in same msg. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

No-cd crack won't help.

Do you get the startup dialogue? Does the game stall when you click "Play" or does it stall before you get the option to do that. If you get the startup dialogue, then something else is wrong since it already contains information which can be found from the data folder. Is your copy of the game store-bought?

And there's no such thing as DirectX 9.1. DirectX 9.0c is the latest.

Your specs shouldn't stop you from playing but I suggest your update your graphics card's drivers.

[seth]

i dont get any dialoge....i doublecklick the maxpayne2.exe and after 5 sec the error comes.
Graphic driver ist latest (came out 2 days ago)
and well its dx 9.0c (wasnt sure). Yes game is Store bought and I was able to play it month ago without any trouble....recently (yesterday) i tried again and only got that error. (reinstalled game 4 times, with reboots in between). No one els got this Problem? On searching google i found in a french forum that one else got same problem (but he didnt get an answer...)
Í dont know what it can be....
Cya seth

[Joonas]

seth said:
i dont get any dialoge....i doublecklick the maxpayne2.exe and after 5 sec the error comes.
Graphic driver ist latest (came out 2 days ago)
and well its dx 9.0c (wasnt sure). Yes game is Store bought and I was able to play it month ago without any trouble....recently (yesterday) i tried again and only got that error. (reinstalled game 4 times, with reboots in between). No one els got this Problem? On searching google i found in a french forum that one else got same problem (but he didnt get an answer...)
Í dont know what it can be....
Cya seth

Well, it's ATI who confused me then, I don't understand how come they can name the drivers 4.10 after 4.9.

You wrote 4.1 so I though you were eight releases behind.

This does sound odd. Seems that some files aren't installing properly...

[seth]

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp...&submit.y=7
well it looks like that it is 4.10 ....the link above is what i installed....
This errors make me thrust in further times more on downloaded games ....then im not disappointed when its "broken" *grmbl* Up to now i thought it was worth the buying .....now Im not sure anymore
This sucks...
Thanx for your efforts Joonas
Cheers seth

[Joonas]

seth said:
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp...&submit.y=7
well it looks like that it is 4.10 ....the link above is what i installed....
This errors make me thrust in further times more on downloaded games ....then im not disappointed when its "broken" *grmbl* Up to now i thought it was worth the buying .....now Im not sure anymore
This sucks...
Thanx for your efforts Joonas
Cheers seth

I know that the latest is 4.10, just downloaded, thanks for info in the beginning. They did the same with 3.9->3.10... ignorants.

I'd say that the medium is corrupted and that you should get a replacement.

[seth]

Replacment would be hard to get due i ordered the game in UK (play.com) I`m coming from Austria, so it would be better for me to get the "cracked one" - due I got the original I am allowed to get a backup copy or?
Cheers seth

[seth]

Installing the "backup" was fine but when starting I got same error??? Looks like there is something wrong with windows, anyone else could help me? Anyone else got this problem?
Cheers seth

[seth]

Remedy, can u tell what my problem is? Well I`m not allone with this problem, found 3 other cases when searching with google....noone was able to resolv it.
Well I bought the game! Please support me!
Regardz seth

[Joonas]

The problem seems to be pretty clear: it can't find the data folder. So I guess there are some installation troubles.