well I feel well I feel like a dunce and a half. there was no text in the upper left so that means something was wrong. Turned out I got this installer from a place other than this official website. (my bad):confused:
Now now everything is updated the text is in the upper left-hand corner it...
OK I managed to get halo 2 to run on flashdrive. (with a few hiccups)
Ive made a (loooonnnngggg) batch file to put the save files in their respective spot before the game runs, copy back and clean up when game finishes.
Via cmd with xcopy
The good news is the game "sees" all the save files...