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Shawk wrote:
> <gavin.ayling@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1118423730.625636.316130@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > stePH wrote:
> >> "JoeSmooth" <f@ke.net> wrote in
> >> news:42a8fc88$0$3458$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com:
> >>
> >> > I was able to install from a DVD drive which was not lettered E or F.
> >> > No issues.
> >>
> >> I don't think that's quite the point. Do you have another optical drive
> >> that precedes your DVD drive in the chain? If no, then your situation
> >> doesn't apply.
> >>
> >> After hard drives "C" and "D", I have a CD-RW drive "E" and a DVD-RW
> >> drive
> >> "F" so this would probably be an issue for me.
> >
> > Thanks Steph, quite right... Reinstalled the whole PC and the problem
> > remains... The DVD drive is actually SCSI while the CD-RW is IDE so
> > maybe that's the problem?
> >
> > I'm not keen on resorting to cracking methods - it's hardly the point!
> >
> > Gav
> >
>
> Had a similar problem (not with a game but with MS briefcase). I got around
> that by renaming the drives. Worth trying maybe?
>
> To do it (I'm presuming you have XP) right-click on 'My Computer', select
> 'Manage', click on 'Disk Management'. On the right hand side you'll see
> your drives listed. Right click on the drive you want to change and select
> 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'. Click on 'Change', select 'Assign the
> Following drive Letter', choose the drive letter you want and then click
> 'OK'.
I should probably have mentioned that I tried that too:
If I tell I reletter the drive it just asks for the CDRW's new drive
letter;
If I disable the CDRW it asks for "drive ?";
If I uninstall it works for that session until it rediscovers the CDRW.
Aside from that, however, I have a GeForce 4 MX 440 which I think is
the cause for it freezing on the EAD (or something) sound splash
screen. I also tried to install Empire Earth II today and had the same
trouble. There's probably something wrong that would take some time to
diagnose (Event Viewer talks of a dodgy IDE cable going to the CDRW
which I haven't bothered to replace yet) so I bought a new computer!
Thanks for your help. Any thoughts before the new PC arrives would be
massivley appreciated! Gav