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Dr. Love
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Hi, i've been having fun the last few days wondering why I can't play Hl2 anymore after I reformatted my HD. Bought the silver meal deal via steam and played in awe of this kick ass game(just got into nova prospect) up until I had to reformat my comp (XP..sp2,1700+,512,ti420064mb) a couple of days ago. I have cable so I havn't burn't a hardcopy yet cause it only takes a few hours to d/l. So I went to play and It would start to load up and freeze on the fuzzy opening screen when the menu is supposed to come up. Thought it might be drivers no...audio...no, corrupt hl2 files ? Tried everything I could think of and (yes I rebooted) then I noticed that HL2 was only 56% done?? So I deleted the game content and started to d/l it again..... it "finished" and started to load the game and this time got to the menu where I could change the settings and all but froze on the "new game" loading screen, checked the properties and it was only at 56%???? It seems to me there are two major bugs, 1...it won't complete the download and 2, a HUGE 2...why would this game even begin to load-up when it's only at 56% installed??? Bizarre, I'm going to paste this in support also, thx for your time, peace, Dr. Love.
ps. i've tried the verifier via steam news page...no help
pss. ....removed the hl2 gcf file and am d/l it again, says it has 8 min. left on the d/l and in the properties it's says 68%...looks like it won't finish again...very strange...don't see how or why it won't give me the complete game but will allow the game to start up partially, keep in mind i've tried it all from reformatting my HD to all the drivers in the book, is my Steam account corrupt somehow???...thx Love.
pss...i've been to Steam support(no response yet..holidays, i hope) and to the forums there..no help.
ps. i've tried the verifier via steam news page...no help
pss. ....removed the hl2 gcf file and am d/l it again, says it has 8 min. left on the d/l and in the properties it's says 68%...looks like it won't finish again...very strange...don't see how or why it won't give me the complete game but will allow the game to start up partially, keep in mind i've tried it all from reformatting my HD to all the drivers in the book, is my Steam account corrupt somehow???...thx Love.
pss...i've been to Steam support(no response yet..holidays, i hope) and to the forums there..no help.
...thx though...i've tried everything in the Steam "support" link *chuckles to myself.... I'll try to D/L again see if it will complete this time...strange...funny thing is all I need is the damn content on my comp!!! Seems as if that would be the easiest thing Valve could do: provide a complete download...bizare..thx..peace...the Love. it's sad but I might have to revert to downloadin' the hacked version just so I can play... now that suxors... hope this dosn't turn me off to Valve forever 
