FIFA 10 1x DVD9 to 1x DVD5 (MULTI5)

[stefboombastic]

I tested peterf1999's guide twice already and it works perfectly! I have even burned the DVD and installed from it!
BE SURE that You have EXACTLY the same version of the game!

The idea of compressing some files and replacing them with dummy files (files with the same name, but empty, zero byte long) is great and trivial at the same time, so if You can't manage to use the msi files downloaded from here You can build Your own 1xDVD5 version very easily:

- Copy all the content of the DVD9 in a temp folder
- compress with whatever software You like(WinRAR, Ace, FreeArch..) the biggest files inside the temp folder(usually .big) in an archive(use best compression ) that You will put apart.
- now delete EACH big file You compressed (that is now inside the archive) and REPLACE each with an empty file HAVING THE SAME NAME OF THE ONE DELETED (You can create a new notepad file, and rename it) .. BE SURE THAT BOTH FILENAME AND EXTENSION MATCH! BE SURE THAT Your Explorer shows the extensions of ALL FILES! This trick cheats the installer that will think it is installing all the files! So You do not need any modded msi file!
- create the DVD(You can create an ISO and then load it with Daemon Tools for testing!) with the same DVD label of the original DVD9, putting inside all the content of the temp folder. You can save the archive with the original big files compressed either in the same DVD, if there is enough space, or in another DVD.
- install the game from the DVD You have just created.
- Now extract the files in the archive REPLACING the dummy files inside subfolders of the installation folder (e.g. c:\program files\EA Sports\FIFA 10\)..

The idea is very simple, and requires very basic computer knowledge, if You do not manage to do it, feel free to ask ..

Regards!