How to install on flash drive?

[Dyno69]

ok so i want to play SC:BW at work but none of the computers have CD roms so im wondering on how to copy it to a flash drive to work, everytime i do it says theres files missing which im sure is registry keys so is there anyway to make SC:BW work off a flash drive?

[ForTheSwarm]

I don't think it's a good idea to be playing at work. Wouldn't want you losing your job, now would we?

[Ahzz]

well, in general at least for installing you need to have a virtual cd-drive, which you can gain through alchohol 120%, daemon tools etc. Then you use that virtual cd drive to mount an image file of the cd to install the game... afterwards you can use this same method to run the game or follow the step-by-step guide how to run starcraft without CD. However, you need the cd or at least the image file ONCE to make it work tho.

[Cpt.Chronic]

Yeah, do what Ahzz said. Copy the cd to the flash drive, then install it on your work computer from the flash drive. Then copy install.exe from your flash drive to the Starcraft folder on your computer and rename it either Starcraft.mpq or Broodwar.mpq depending on if you have Broodwar installed or not.

[Polkaman]

Wait, so these "computers" you have at work dont have a freakin' CD drive, but what they do have is like a 2.0 USB port?

[Cpt.Chronic]

Wait, so these "computers" you have at work dont have a freakin' CD drive, but what they do have is like a 2.0 USB port?
lol, it's probably to prevent people from installing their own programs and they just run and/or install the programs they need for work from the server.

[UnHoly-Assassin]

I just copy/pasted the entire directory, which includes scloader2a, and run starcraft straight from the flash drive. StarCraft is surprisingly portable.

[FrankZ]

Even though you are successful in installing StarCraft on your flashdrive, it still won't work on other PC's as StarCraft uses registry keys to determine resources. Therefore, you need to manually edit those registry keys on the target computer to make StarCraft work properly, which isn't an easy task---especially if your network adminstrator has disabled registry editing privileges.

~Fz

[UnHoly-Assassin]

Really? Because I've been able to play SC on multiple school computers without having to edit anything whatsoever for quite a while now. The only things that don't work was playing games on battle.net, but that's only because the school network blocks the necessary UDP ports. Maybe scloader2a takes care of the registry keys or something.

[remarkable12]

interesting will have to try it, flash drives are so much faster too.

[FrankZ]

Really? Because I've been able to play SC on multiple school computers without having to edit anything whatsoever for quite a while now. The only things that don't work was playing games on battle.net, but that's only because the school network blocks the necessary UDP ports. Maybe scloader2a takes care of the registry keys or something.

First off, I was talking about the ordinary typical-user basis of installation, like the install path = flashdrive. Advanced methods of launching the game, such as the usage of gameloaders like SCLoader 2a, isn't a comparable argument to that of which I've said.

Yes, SCLoader 2a does modify the StarCraft environment to create registry keys pointing to the actual location of the executable, thus saving the hussle of installation. In your case however, it is then clear that registry editing isn't disallowed in your school network. Therefore registry editing is possible.

~Fz

[Mjolniir]

patch 15.2

end of story

just install directly to your drive at home and use the installed exe (not autorun/sc setup) to start the game.

1 gb drive ought to hold all you need.

[fenix6593]

why don't you buy a USB CD-ROM, that will work fine.