I've been looking all overfor this information, and figured you guys might have some insight.

I've been trying to install FF7 on my Win2000 machine, and the installation program crashes. All of the information I've found online about using patches and compatibility modes has been for once the game has already been installed.

Do you have any suggestions?

- I don't have a spare machine to make a win98 box (doh).
- I don't have a ps2/ps3, and it's not really an option i'd like. (Even though I know that would be the guaranteed way to get it working. )

I'm thinking I might be able to copy the installation CD to disk and be able to patch that ... but I'm highly skeptical. At this point, I might end up seeing if I can install it on Virtual PC (which means I have to find my Win 98 install media ...) and then copy it over; however, I am loathe to do this as I really don't have the disk space.