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  • World of Warcraft common.MPQ problem

I received all the files necessary to install WoW on my computer on CDs, I created a file to copy and paste all the files and folders from the CDs to the hard drive! All went well except with the file titled "common.MPQ"which constantly fails to be transferred to the hard drive, with every time an error message popping up saying " Cyclic redundancy error"! After much research on Google, it seems that this file is corrupted or has some missing parts and after I tried to fix and repair the problem with numerous softwares, the problem didn't do away!
So does anyone have any suggestions or should I just download the file from the Internet ? (A cleaner version maybe...)
By the way, can any WoW players check the size of "common.MPQ" ? (It's located in the Data Folder)

Thanks !
there is no common.mpq in my wow installation :)
There's no common.mpq in mine , and the game is patched to the latest patch 4.2.2 and playing just fine .. where did you get your copy ? And i advise you to get the game fully patched from someone who has it if you are planning to play on EU or US , from CDs you need to download insane patches .. and on lebanese connection it's mission impossible..
i agree with vengeance here, i downloaded the 4.3 pre-patch from office 100mb at a time :p

although i have not been active on wow for months now :(
All clear folks, I downloaded a cleaner version of the file and the game is running perfectly now! Thanks guys.
From my past experience with "Cyclic redundancy error." It is basically an error with the DVD much more than it is an error with a common file. I know so because I used to have few DVDs that gave that error, but if I take it out clean it a bit, then put the DVD back in, it might bypass the error, or just give it again somewhere else.

In any case, did you try to run the game? I'd also suggest to transfer a full working one patched and ready.