I'm sorry. :-(
oh, don't be sorry - we bears-with-furniture need a dose of sugar every now and then, lest we become -ah- unbearable ;)
the pre-load defrag took over an hour (never let a 70Gig harddrive go over a year between defrags!) and loading the game took ages.
TEN DISKS.
I have never even HEARD of a game requiring TEN DISKS!
I suspect this game will kick ass. The manual is fear-inspiring.