Install Questions for any expert in this forum: What is "BIN" file? Yikes!!!

[ThePlainsman]

Okay, I downloaded the three files. One is a 1.29 mb setup file. The other two much much bigger. Both are something called "Bin" files. WTF is a Bin file?

 

Calmly....1. Which file do I click on to install first? 2. Why does my PC not recognize a BIN file? How do I fix this? 3. Why was asked to "insert Disk 1?" What kind of question is that? LOMAC only had one disk. Please help. How do I install this puppy?

 

My specs:

 

Lock-On 1.02 (installed). I have Flaming Cliffs 1.0 but not installed. I don't like the Starforce.

Quad Core i7 920 @ 3.7MHz

GTX 285 vid card

6 Gig 1600 MHz Mushkin RAM

Win 7, Home 64Bit

Edited March 27, 2010 by ThePlainsman

[Renato71]

1. Setup.exe

2. Cos its not important. Don't try to fix it.

3. Dunno, and I guess not important if you try step 1

 

Good luck!

[ThePlainsman]

1. Setup.exe

2. Cos its not important. Don't try to fix it.

3. Dunno, and I guess not important if you try step 1

 

Good luck!

 

When I click on Setup.exe, it asks for Disk 1. WTF? Is Disk 1 the first BIN file? What do I do with the two BIN files? What purpose do they serve? Where do they go?

[71st_Mastiff]

Wow, I guess we need to send you to school?

 

those are were your files are kept, did you happed to read any thing posted in the forums for this?

 

Did you follow the installation procedures?

 

Do the file sizes and MD5's match the decription for all three files in your folder?

 

File Name: Setup.exe

File Size: 1.29 Mb

MD5: 1e66243f00a8fbdfa19c79dfdffdae1f

 

File Name: Setup-1.bin

File Size: 1.86 Gb

MD5: 89637de77f61443c7d831d1d402a6094

 

File Name: Setup-2.bin

File Size: 396.61 Mb

MD5: 4e6e0a9cd80465772bcc978339959832

 

MD5 check sum progy http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/QuickiHash.shtml

 

When I click on Setup.exe, it asks for Disk 1. WTF? Is Disk 1 the first BIN file? What do I do with the two BIN files? What purpose do they serve? Where do they go?

Edited March 28, 2010 by Mastiff

[Renato71]

BIN files are files with data. Setup.exe extracts that data.

Put all three files in the same folder.

 

You are having similar problem as many other that are not familiar with PC's. Search the forum for topics with "install" in title.

[Pizzicato]

When I click on Setup.exe, it asks for Disk 1. WTF? Is Disk 1 the first BIN file? What do I do with the two BIN files? What purpose do they serve? Where do they go?

 

You don't need to worry about what a BIN file is. It's just a data file.

 

The Disk 1 issue seems to arise if Windows has to rename the Setup file to something different. My Download folder already had a file named Setup.EXE from a different application, so the Flaming Cliffs 2 file got renamed Setup(2).EXE

 

In order to fix the problem, I just copied the three files (Setup(2).EXE and the two BIN files) to a new temporary folder and renamed the fiel Setup.EXE

 

Hope that helps.

[ThePlainsman]

Thanks guys. I did figure it out. I had the Setup.exe downloaded to a different file than the two BIN files. I put all three on my desktop, then double-clicked on setup.exe and the install worked.

[Mugenjin]

wow. magic ^_^

[Stuntie]

Glad you got it sorted.

 

For extra nerd points - Bin is short for 'binary data file'. The raw computer numbers numbers that are not meant to be read, as compared to say a text file.

[Renato71]

Pff, provided help, and no + rep . WTF?

I'm out of here....

[Pizzicato]

Pff, provided help, and no + rep . WTF?

I'm out of here....

 

Isn't helping your fellow man good enough reward...? ;)