When installing the 4.3.2 patch, my drive unexpectedly crashed and I was unable in any way (using all the resources posted on this form) unable to actually make the launcher start up, let alone install the patch. After this I began to have several other problems while in the process of downloading the game, and this morning my drive again unexpectedly crashed however this time it will not work again. Now really this alone isn't a problem for me, I believe the unexpected crash had something to do with the 4.3.2 patch, as I've never had this problem with the drive before even though it's fairly old

However when I attempted to re-install wow (for a second time) onto a new drive it stalled, again at the optimization, and I was forced to restart my computer after 5 minutes of waiting. Instead of wasting time seeing if it would work again, I decided to re-install for a third time on the drive I'm using currently, as it's showing no signs of missrepair, however I've encountered the same problem.

Now I've discovered if I try to install the game from the actual launcher, my computer will freeze and I'm forced to restart it (also if I let my computer run the disc checker before I log on, it will also freeze) however if I run the background downloader, it will download it just fine. However the background downloader is downloading a very small file (10gb) compared to the actual size of the 4.3 patch (somewhere closer to 22gb I believe).

Now I'm fairly certian myself that these problems are related to the optimization process, this would be the first problem I've ever had with any of my drives, in years, and also the first major problem I've had with a new patch on WoW.

What I would like to know, is there any way I can fix this problem soon, or should I just leave the background downloader to download the game and attempt to run the launcher then?

Thanks for your time
Syanara