[ViolentGreen]

I broke out my diablo 2 and put it on my system running XP Pro. It will work for a few minutes and then freeze for 10-30 seconds. I have the latest D2 patch and fairly recent ATI drivers. Indexing service is disabled. Has anyone else experienced this or know of a solution?

[jmmijo]

I'm not having this issue with D2:LOD and the latest beta patch, v1.10s.

I seem to recall hearing/reading about this issue with D2 but can't recall where I'd seen the issue.

Check this site, it has some great forums for D2.

http://www.diabloii.net/

Also check out the http://www.battle.net/forums/board.aspx?ForumName=d2-general] forums on battle.net.

[ViolentGreen]

Actually, I have found a solution for the problem. I am guessing there is some kind of defect on my cd. If I load everything up and start the game, then remove the cd from the drive, it works fine.

[ReadError]

Copy all the MPQs to your HD, the game will not access them on the CD.

[ViolentGreen]

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Copy all the MPQs to your HD, the game will not access them on the CD.

Won't I still need the cd to load the program?

[ReadError]

to start the game yes, unless you use some no-cd patch

[jmmijo]

I would make a copy of the disk and use Daemon Tools instead This is what I do so I don't scratch my original.

[Mr.Guvernment]

just get a no-cd crack

it pauses because it stops to read the cdrom drive - once te game has started take out the cd.