Windows GTA: SA - Problems starting

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  1. hacker 8991

    hacker 8991 What's a Dremel?

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    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is refusing to start on my computer. It worked fine until this morning, at which point it stopped starting.

    I have scanned for spyware and viruses, rebooted, and reinstalled the game, but it still won't start. When I try to start it (from the desktop icon or CD autoplay button or from the *.exe), the hard drive churns for a few seconds and the cursor changes to a CD, but nothing happens. The process list shows gta_sa.exe for a few seconds, but the game does not actually start.

    System specs are as follows:

    Gigabyte GA-7N400XP
    Athlon XP 1800+
    ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
    512MB RAM
    20GB IBM Beskstar 7200RPM
    Samsung CD Burner/DVD Player

    The strange thing is that the game was working yesterday, and now has suddenly stopped. Any ideas are appreciated.
     
    hacker 8991, 8 Jul 2005
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  2. shroom

    shroom What's a Dremel?

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    When you say it 'stopped starting' do you mean you double click the shortcut and nothing happens?
     
    shroom, 8 Jul 2005
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  3. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    Try uninstalling and then reinstalling it. Your save files will remain.
     
    mushky, 8 Jul 2005
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  4. Froggy

    Froggy What's a Dremel?

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    He said he reinstalled it. Reboot, bring up task manager and kill off every unnecessary process and try again.
     
    Froggy, 12 Jul 2005
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  5. hacker 8991

    hacker 8991 What's a Dremel?

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    I tried everything that you guys posted, but they didn't help.

    Then, unexpectedly, it started the next day.

    :confused:
     
    hacker 8991, 12 Jul 2005
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  6. ou7blaze

    ou7blaze sensational.

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    well sometimes thats how computers work :rolleyes:
     
    ou7blaze, 15 Jul 2005
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  7. mookboy

    mookboy BRAAAAAAP

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    Yep it's a very common problem. Go to your save game directory (in My Documents) and delete the config file for the game settings (controls etc) and try again. I SHOULD start this time. However be warned, your save file could be corrupted. This happened to me a number of times for no apparent reason, however the common theory is down to some erratic hostility between the game and XP user accounts.
     
    mookboy, 15 Jul 2005
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