Problem installing game

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I am trying to install the game" Lord Of The Rings Return Of The king". When
I insert the disc into the drive it will not autorun.
If I access the drive through explorer the drive has recognised the disc
("properties" recognises 3.95GB) but no files can be seen in the explorer
window.When I remove the disc from the drive it (the drive) has locked up and
no further discs can be read until I restart the computer.During the locked
up stage even though there is no disc in the drive "properties" still thinks
the disc is there.

Any ideas, Many Thanks in anticipation. Mark.

 

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"/\/\@rk" <rk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to install the game" Lord Of The Rings Return Of The king".
>When
> I insert the disc into the drive it will not autorun.
> If I access the drive through explorer the drive has recognised the disc
> ("properties" recognises 3.95GB) but no files can be seen in the explorer
> window.When I remove the disc from the drive it (the drive) has locked up
> and
> no further discs can be read until I restart the computer.During the
> locked
> up stage even though there is no disc in the drive "properties" still
> thinks
> the disc is there.

Sounds like a faulty disc.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
http://www.xbox360degrees.com/

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"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "/\/\@rk" <rk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:343F64A5-4F4B-43BA-90BF-70968001578A@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to install the game" Lord Of The Rings Return Of The king".
> >When
> > I insert the disc into the drive it will not autorun.
> > If I access the drive through explorer the drive has recognised the disc
> > ("properties" recognises 3.95GB) but no files can be seen in the explorer
> > window.When I remove the disc from the drive it (the drive) has locked up
> > and
> > no further discs can be read until I restart the computer.During the
> > locked
> > up stage even though there is no disc in the drive "properties" still
> > thinks
> > the disc is there.
>
> Sounds like a faulty disc.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> http://www.xbox360degrees.com/
>
> *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
>
>
> Thanks but I seem to get the same problem with SIMS 2 another EA game.

 

[Chuck]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?)

It's possible that your CD/DVD drive does not like copy protection.

"//@rk" <rk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
> > "/\/\@rk" <rk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:343F64A5-4F4B-43BA-90BF-70968001578A@microsoft.com...
> > >I am trying to install the game" Lord Of The Rings Return Of The king".
> > >When
> > > I insert the disc into the drive it will not autorun.
> > > If I access the drive through explorer the drive has recognised the
disc
> > > ("properties" recognises 3.95GB) but no files can be seen in the
explorer
> > > window.When I remove the disc from the drive it (the drive) has locked
up
> > > and
> > > no further discs can be read until I restart the computer.During the
> > > locked
> > > up stage even though there is no disc in the drive "properties" still
> > > thinks
> > > the disc is there.
> >
> > Sounds like a faulty disc.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Smith,
> > Yeovil, UK.
> > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> > http://www.xbox360degrees.com/
> >
> > *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
> >
> >
> > Thanks but I seem to get the same problem with SIMS 2 another EA game.