demo crashed windows !

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Hello everybody,
I really like STR games and i hear a lot from SOASE, I DL the demo to try it. The problem is that the demo crashed windows (xp pro sp2) and yet does not boot even in failsafe mode, the computer goes on reboot again and again ! It seems the partition table is gone, no way to repair !

So i tried the demo on my second computer on wich i have linux ubuntu, so i tried the demo with wine. Incredibly, the SOASE demo has been able to crash also my linux computer !!

Until now, i was expecting the game to arrive in Europe (that explain my bad English), but actually i wonder to know if this sins of a solar empire demo is a virus or what ?

Any explanation for what append ?

Thanks for reading
Sergei
technical
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Where did you download it from? There's no way that the game could corrupt your disk, that just doesn't make any sense unless you obtained it from a very questionable source.

The game is quite legitimate and is slated for retail release in Europe over the summer (UK and Germany in June, others to follow).
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I download this demo from
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/downloads/0001/00017472.htm
wich is absolutly legal, I wanted to tried before buying. The source is not questionable, i guess.

I'm exploring the possibility my hard drive just died at that moment, i'll try to re-install windows and see.
I let you know more about it.
Thanks for the answer.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Ok, done ! windows is re-install on that hard drive witch is totally functional.
I still have to install all the drivers and updates of windows, but the material is and was ok all along.

I still think this demo of Sins of a Solar Empire is in cause. I'm asking in different forums all over Europe to see if anyone had a problem of that kind with the demo of that game.

Since then, i'm not going to retry the demo or buy the game, too dangerous to me.

Sergei
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I can't speak to the SINS demo overseas, but clearly the problem is not with the demo generally. I have played the demo downloaded from one of the reputable US sites that has it and it has worked great. If you are thinking about buying Sins I strongly recommend the demo.