Talk:Repairing data archive

When this happens to me, it usually fixes itself within a couple of minutes to about thirty. I haven't found any problems after logging back in when it finishes.

68.83.45.183 16:10, 19 July 2007 (CDT)
 * For me, it is usually 20-30 minutes. It is hellishly boring and obscenely vexing. And it happens somewhat frequently.


 * It has happened:
 * When logging out.
 * When hitting the X to quit.
 * When shutting down the computer because it crashed.


 * --[[Image:Necro_spider2.jpg]] Skax459 16:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It near always happens to me. It's rarer for me to NOT have RDA :P --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (s)talkpage 17:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I got this once, and it wasn't able to fix all of the problems. Uninstalling and reinstalling the game did fix them. Quizzical 09:27, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I only got this once from rebooting my computer after a crash. Took about 30 minutes to repair. Silver Sunlight [[Image:SSunlight.jpg|19px]] 09:43, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * If it doesn't fix the problems, perhaps -image. After a RDA and a problem still persist, I restart GW, so it does another RDA (see my previous comment), and that fixes it too. But if you can't force it, an -image should do. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (s)talkpage 19:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Potentially worse problem
I was getting game crashes, resets and RDA constantly a year or two ago. As it turns out, I had a bad RAM module, which was potentially causing more damage than just frustrating my efforts to play. If you are getting a lot of graphical glitches and data repairs, run a memory testing program. SarielV 02:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Possible causes

 * Data error (bad sectors on hard drive due to:
 * Turning off whilst writing to HDD
 * Wear and tear of the drive
 * Hardware
 * RAM module
 * Possible future system consequences.

Solutions Run the repair when it appears. If it repeats:
 * 1) defrag gw.dat
 * 2) Rename GW.dat to GWbackup.dat and run a -image
 * 3) Reboot and run chkdsk RT | Talk  11:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)