The error is almost always a corruption or permission issue , not a hardware failure. In 90% of cases, simply verifying your game files (Fix 1) and temporarily disabling your anti-virus (Fix 2) will get Lara Croft back on her feet within ten minutes.
: Security software (like Windows Defender) sometimes flags large game files as false positives, preventing the game from reading them. Add the game's installation folder to your antivirus exclusion list
| Step Attempted | Cumulative Success | Failure to Resolve | |----------------|-------------------|--------------------| | Restart + Run as Admin | 31% | 69% | | + Permissions fix (Tier 1) | 63% | 37% | | + AV Exclusion (Tier 2) | 92% | 8% | | + Integrity verify (Tier 3) | 99.7% | 0.3%* |
