Half Life 2 , 5cds unto 1 dvd ?

[reddragon105]

should be easy to put it onto 1 DVD, most games are simple enough. and the UK version is DVD so they must be similar
but i dont have it (yet)... so what do the files on the CDs look like? what are they called? is there an .msi file? are there .cab files?

and i thought logging into steam was required to activate the game, then you could play single player without having to do it again (although it probably requires ticking 'remember username and password' or something) so you can play single player without having to access the internet again

of course nocd cracks are always useful and there will probably be one soon that you can use after activation