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    JP_Sc's Avatar Junior Member
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    Fatal Error

    I can not play Far Cry 4. The reason: "Fatal Error. File system failure: Aborting execution."

    What should I do now?

    The installation of FC4 went OK, I can see the game in my uplay list but when I launch the game and FC4 tells me to "Press any key" I get the error message and the game freezes.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    does your PC meet or exceed the minimum system requirements ?

    Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
    MINIMUM
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's
    Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.


    RECOMMENDED:
    OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
    Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
    DirectX: Version 11
    Network: Broadband Internet connection
    Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
    Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
    Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.


    Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    are you running any background applications that can cause an error with the game ?

    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1012250-Afterburner-Farcry-4-Crash!?


    and Background Applications
    You may also encounter problems due to applications running in the background on your computer system. When playing Ubisoft games, please be sure to close all running background applications before starting your game. You can find the steps for this listed below.

    - Open your start menu and look for Run (Win XP), Start search (Win Vista), or Search programs and files (Win 7)
    - Delete anything on the Open line that you'll find there, and type in the word MSCONFIG and press the Enter key to bring up the system configuration utility
    - Look down the list of startup items (not the tab labeled Startup), and choose Selective Startup (if it is not already selected) (If you don't see this, make sure you've clicked on General, near the top of the window)
    - Once you've chosen Selective Startup, uncheck 'Load Startup Items'
    - Once you're done here, click Apply & OK, and let it reboot your computer
    - Once restarted, make sure that any application that affects your local network is disabled

    Try running the game again. If the game loads and seems to be working, the problem is most likely related to one or more programs you have scheduled to load with Windows. You can then revert the settings back the way they were, and in a trial and error fashion, disable some programs using the startup tab (in the msconfig utility) to try to find the culprit.

    *Keep in mind that this is a temporary solution and any changes can be reverted by returning to the MSCONFIG utility and re-selecting 'Normal Startup"
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    JP_Sc's Avatar Junior Member
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    Problem solved: "Run as administrator" (right mouse click on icon) and now I can play the game.

    Here is my suggestion for a Sticky: *** Always run Far Cry 4 as administrator ***
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    xMiiSTY's Avatar Community Manager
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    Glad to see it's fixed!
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