Samething happened to me just mine stops at D2EXP.MPQ, and I tried copying it to another folder and installing it from there but it also wouldnt let me copy it so i copied all except that file and my dad copied the file from my brothers cd and put it on his webpage for me to download and put in the same folder and it worked but it wont install still and i dont have a cd burner to put the file on a cd and what do u mean by putting the whole d2 lod files from the disc straight into the original d2 folders imean wouldnt that corrupt the files???

Ya know son, there is a time in a boy's life when he's got to take off his slippers and put on a man's shoe. But sometimes the shoe doesn't fit and you can't take it back so you are stuck. Do you understand what I am talking about son?