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Old 12-06-2007, 10:03 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by simonsays View Post
That sounds like a terrible programming choice, but I've never heard of a game (or any program for that matter) that installs directly to c:\ Oh the article says that the installer has an errant backslash. Meh, overwriting your boot.ini file isn't the end of the world, all you need to do is start with your WinXP disc and tell it to repair the OS. No data loss, only a little mild frustration. And really anyone who isn't up for some mild frustration shouldn't be playing EVEonline anyways.
That's really funny, and rather true. Heh.

For most people though, having this happen would be equivalent to destroying all data on their system. Or it would cost them 150$ to get it fixed.

My beef with Windows developers continues...
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