cool, first thing ill do once im home

Sounds like your best bet is going to be clearing off some stuff from the Win 7 machine so you have the space. Uninstall some programs, move media to a different computer/external HD, clear out your temp files, can all potentially free up space. If you have a bunch of media, considering upgrading your HD.

I recently cleaned up a workstation with over 6 GB of data just in the recycle bin with another 8 GB in the temp files that had accumulated over 1 month which I know because a script clears it out every 30 days. Yes sir, that is the reason that your 80 GB SSD is telling you that it's full and performing slower. :shakes head:

My first SATA optical drive was a Blu-ray burner I bought this year :icon17:

jarblue, thats what i thought, but when i looked at the pie chart thing, it only had a sliver of used space. still plenty available. but im sure its more complex and i just dont get it. im a tard. anyway, ill post all the details of my comp guts in a few hours.

I completely missed that its a laptop. Definitely check the specs as its more likely that the video card is the problem. The only thing is, my D3 installed fine on that old computer with just the integrated video. It was only after it installed that it failed to run, and it ran fine with a new video card and no reinstall of the game.

well one is a laptop, yea. but im trying it on a desktop too. the desktop is xp. laptop is 7.
the desktop seemed to have plenty of hd space and all the requirements, but stayed stuck on 0 or 1% when installing. ill have to download directx 9.0 update thing and see if i can find what kind of video card i have.

ok desktop has
microsoft xp pro 5.1 build 2600
model: hp compaq dc 5800 microtower
intel core 2 duo cpu E8400 @ 3ghz (2cpu's)
2051mb available
directx version 9.0c
memory: 1006mb of ram

the only option to download the game from blizzard prompts me to buy it

Pauly, go to battle.net and sign on or create and account if you haven't already

Holy... I remember playing MechWarrior back in elementary school rofl! Didn't know they were coming out with another one... Might have to check that out. Back on topic, is D3 worth getting? Saw a few of my friends play it, but it didn't intrigue me as much as D2 did, probably because things like PvP and end game items still arn't released. We will have to see. I have high hopes and expectations for Blizzard.

i have a bnet acct

Everything you list there meets the min requirements except that I don't see a video card listed. If you're running off the built-in motherboard chip then that may be your problem.

What is "2051mb available"?
Also, you have what would typically be considered a single CPU but with 2 cores - not "2cpu's". It is a very nice CPU despite its age, and will more than provide solid performance for D3. I came close to purchasing the 8500/8600 many times before I finally purchased my AMD Phenom X4 for half the price.

log in and go to game management and look for D3

edit* Manage my Games (Account Management)

reccomendations on the box say 2gigs of ram, wtf, i barely have half of that

on the right side look for download game clients