I meant going from say Win 7 32 bit and buying the upgrade to Win 7 64 bit, which is cheaper... at least it wasn't meant that you can not upgrade from XP 32 to Win 7 64.
I really don't know what else to tell you except that your CD/DVD Rom may be malfunctioning? that seems pretty far fetched but you may want to test the game with some other cd player. Some games play well and some others just don't want to for some ungodly reason.
I have had very similar problems with various games, over the past 4-5 years, usually after a DX update the games with NEVER run again until I reinstall windows, which of cause is a pain the arse. Never had a solution except reinstall, but that usually only happen with EA games. (or with some EA games have to install as Win 2000 otherwise the EULA is blank).
I guess I should do another clean install then. I'll post the results later. Thanks for the replies
I didn't take it that way, but this did throw me for a loop....
I wasn't sure where you were going there. It almost sounded like you were saying it wasn't a good idea.
But then you said this....
Your post sounded a bit confusing so I tried to clarify :)
And you had no choice but to "deleted the old OS" when moving from a 32 to 64 bit OS, regardless of the flavor (XP, Vista, 7) of Windows because Microsoft won't let you "upgrade" from a 32-64 bit OS, you can only do a "custom" (Microsoft's tern) install - which wipes the drive anyway.
It's all good though.
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I reinstalled windows again, and reinstalled all my drivers for a 4th time now, still no difference when trying to run total war shogun or darksiders 2, could the issue lie somewhere else?
What is your Performance Index after the reinstall? It was 1.0 before, and now, it is what and which is the lowest one?
It's 5.9 after the reinstall. Also, yeah I understand it's no my cd-drive, since I don't have one. I was using a software to just collect all the important data about my computer for me to just copy and paste on to here, and it collected that it's my cd drive.
Make sure you update your Direct X files. Just because Windows 7 comes with DX11 doesn't mean all the files are current. Microsoft is alway updating Direct X.
See steps 5 & 6 in my guide - Tips on Troubleshooting Game Issues. You might also look through it for some other tips.
And you might also use the systems specs section to update your system specs. They're easier to find when others are troubleshooting your issues. Yeah I know you posted something in your original post, but we're on page 2 now and rapidly moving forward.
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