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Profile: stranger
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A few days ago I installed F.E.A.R. into my machine without issues.

I just bought Gears of War yesterday, and upon insertion of this disk
my optical drive displays the F.E.A.R. icon.

It doesn't affect anything, it's just a cosmetic defect that I'm hoping
to get rid of. Does anyone want to help me? :)

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Repair-install both games. (control panel > add/remove > uninstall, choose repair). Restart pc.

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I couldn't find a repair button, but uninstalling and reinstalling has fixed the issue.

Appreciate it mate.


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