Hi PiMaster,
CD Not In The Drive you say?
Before we begin troubleshooting the issue, if you have more
than one
DISC player (CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDR/ETC) in your system, I've seen
this type of problem resolved by simply using the other DISC
player.
Here are some other more involved solutions which have worked:
1. Before we begin, please save a restore point for your
system.
How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
2. You might be affected by problems similar to the Insert CD
error.
- Try the advice and DL at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228985
Another trick that I found sometimes works is to make the
limited account an
administrator account and run that game once. This should
create the registry
settings and permissions for that user to be able to
properly run the game.
3. Kazaa or Kazaa light is installed on your system.
- Uninstall the game(s) and Kazaa, and reinstall from
original CD.
4. Multiple CD drives on your system including Virtual CD
drives.
- Disconnect all but the main CD drive and try the game.
You
might have an older drive, or a CD Writer which is
incompatible
with the Safe Disk copy protection on the CD.
(Contact Vendor).
5. Your antivirus or application firewall might be
conflicting with it.
- Disable the software temporarily.
6. There might be a patch available for your game to correct
the issue.
- Try
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a/ or
the game's site.
7. Your desktop may need to be set at least 800x600 and 16
colors.
- Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel / Click Display
8. Your Video, Sound, or Monitor drivers may need updating.
- Try updating your Video drivers using the instructions
at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
9. You might have software running on your system which is
causing conflicts.
- Temporarily disable Startup programs one at a time,
starting with Firewall,
AV, and ad blockers using:
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
You can lookup what a program does before you disable
it here:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
10. If you created other drive letters on your system by
installing another drive,
creating partitions or virtual drives you may need to
change the CD back
to the same drive letter it was originally. Usually
the CD uses the letter D:
- Click Start / Run / type: diskmgmt.msc < to
access the tool to change it.
11. Maybe a Microsoft Security patch is the culprit. The
only way to be sure is
to Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair
Windows using
this method:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
After you reboot, try the game again. If it works, save a
new restore point.
Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet
Firewall, plug back
into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates
from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a time.
Test the game after
each update to find which is causing the game not to start
on your PC.
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell /
User
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or
Call / Contact
MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
confer any rights.
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PiMaster said:
"smilyandrosie1986" wrote:
> > hey paul,thanks for your reply. I just cleaned both
the cd and
> > the drive,any
> > other suggestions? p.s. i was able to install
simcity 4 today
> > with no
> > problems,but this one wont work.
> >
> > "Paul Smith" wrote:
> >
> > > "smilyandrosie1986"
<
[email protected]> wrote in
> > > message
> > > > hi! I sure hope somebody can help
me. I had aoe
> > installed,everything went
> > > > fine,till one day I had to use my
restore DVD to
> > restore my hard drive.
> > > > now,
> > > > game won't install! it either gets
to 9% and starts
> > running
> > > > slooooooooowly,and stops every two
minutes or so to
> > say my hard drive is
> > > > full. ha-ha,I have 105 gigabytes
free on my
> > computer,so why does it do
> > > > this?and sometimes it says the
correct cd is not in
> > the drive,even tho it
> > > > is!
> > > > if I keep clicking ignore on the
hard disk message,
> > it will go to 100%,but
> > > > when I try to open the game ,it says
the files are
> > corrupted! please help!
> > >
> > > Sounds like the CD is damaged. Or the drive
itself needs a
> > clean.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul Smith,
> > > Yeovil, UK.
> > >
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
> > >
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP
Resource Site.
> > >
> > > *Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by
e-mail*
> > >
> > >
> > >
I’m having kinda the same difficulty: Install works all the way
through the last file, says 100%, but just hangs there and never
actually finishes. The game won’t run, saying the CD is not in the
drive.
I’m also using Windows XP. The CD is brand new.
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