computer locks up while trying to install

[ssylass]

my computer like locks up/crashes when i try to install that 2.4.3 - 3.1 WOW patch.. all other patches installed fine. IVE BEEN WITHOUT WOW FOR LIKE 2 weeks now !! thats alot for an addict my computer just completely freezes to the point where u cant alt + ctrl + delete
i have to just reboot any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Tezlin]

Have you checked the requirements for the patch? Is your DirectX updated? Have you tried re-downloading it?

Etc.

 

[Skilla]

Yeah this happened to me while actually trying to install WoW.
All I did was keep taking the discs out and rubbing them off till they worked.

I have had it freezing on patches to before aswell.
Basically just close everything you have running to speed it up and keep restarting till it works.

 

[Hello Miss799]

Are you downloading the patch using the WoW downloader? IF you are, try downloading it from a mirror site.

 

[ssylass]

ive tried mirror sites but the installer in them never work.

EDIT: if i bought a wow CD in a store again, would it already include all the new patches?
i can install the game in 1/20th the time as it takes to install this patch