I need Help anybody!

[MeroFromVero]

So my question is will the above description work?

Nope! :D RTW won't let you install multiple copies from the disc. Idunno what your level of computer knowledge is (mine is not great either, actually), so I apologize if I overexplain things below.

What you must do:

1) Uninstall everything, remove all traces of RTW from your hard drive. For like the 4th time, I know... hopefully this'll be the last time though!

2) Install RTW as normal.

3) Patch RTW to 1.2, as normal.

4) However you prefer to navigate through your files, go to your Activision folder (this is where RTW installs itself, unless you tell it to go somewhere else). This should be in your Program Files folder, which itself will be in your C Drive. Copy your Rome - Total War folder, and paste it into the Activision folder, right where it already is. When it's done copying (this takes about an hour, on my computer here), you should have a folder called something like Copy of Rome - Total War, and it will have all the same contents as your original Rome - Total War folder. If you wanna play EB and also RTW/BI, you will need a third folder (you'll keep one in case you need more copies), so go ahead and copy and paste Rome - Total War again.

5) Rename your folders however you want (by right clicking on them and selecting Rename, or by just clicking once on the folder name). For example, I have "Rome - Total War (Clean Install)", "Rome - Europa Barbarorum", and "Rome - Barbarian Invasion" on my computer. You don't need to do this step, but I find it more aesthetically pleasing than having multiple "copy of" folders in the directory.

6) Never ever touch your original Rome - Total War folder again, except to make more copies. This way, you won't have to uninstall/reinstall 18 more times :)

7) Install BI into your BI folder. DO NOT INSTALL IT INTO YOUR EB FOLDER. If you do, EB will be unplayable. DO NOT INSTALL IT INTO YOUR ORIGINAL RTW FOLDER. If you do, you won't be able to make any more clean unmodified copies of RTW, which you will need if any of the installs go wrong, or if you want to play other mods.

7a) For BI, you only need the 1.6 patch, as it's cumulative. So, download it and install it, ONLY IN YOUR BI FOLDER. It will patch RTW to 1.5 and BI to 1.6. You don't need any of the earlier patches in your BI folder.

8) Download EB, and install it into your EB folder. DO NOT INSTALL IT IN YOUR BI FOLDER. If you do, BI will be unplayable. DO NOT INSTALL IT IN YOUR ORIGINAL FOLDER. If you do, you won't be able to make any more clean unmodified copies of RTW, which you will need if any of the installs go wrong, or if you want to play other mods.

9). Enjoy both games, possibly begin to want more hard drive space.