Uru won't work w/CD-RW drive?!

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Aphelion wrote:
> I picked this up today, and every time I try to run the game it tells me the
> CD isn't in the drive. A quick peek at the support site tells me Uru is
> incompatible with CD-RW drives and all virtual drives must be uninstalled.
> Honestly, who doesn't own a CD-burner these days?! Does Cyan completely out
> of their minds releasing a game that can't be played on 90% of PCs? There
> has to be a workaround for this; I uninstalled my virtual drive, tried the
> CD in the CD-RW, DVD-ROM drive and a DVD-RW drive. Nada. This is a joke,
> right?
>
> Aphelion


I think you have to play the game from the drive you installed
it from. It should play in a DVD drive.

By the way, there's a Safedisc fix you might need if you use XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] layLang=en

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> That should be a joke because Uru works just fine with a virtual drive
> over
> here. (using alcohol 120).
> I've one drive: a dvd-rw and a setup for two virtual discs, no problems at
> all.

I tried re-installed from my DVD-RW; no go. Same error message. Are you
using Alcohol 120 in Windows XP?

Aphelion

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"Aphelion" <sonship@twcny.rr.com> schreef in bericht
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> > That should be a joke because Uru works just fine with a virtual drive
> > over
> > here. (using alcohol 120).
> > I've one drive: a dvd-rw and a setup for two virtual discs, no problems
at
> > all.
>
> I tried re-installed from my DVD-RW; no go. Same error message. Are you
> using Alcohol 120 in Windows XP?
>
> Aphelion
>
>
Yep, running everything on xp.
But maybe I wasn't clear enough about alcohol.
I have alcohol installed and setup for two virtual discs but I don't *use* a
virtual disc for Uru.
Anyway, the setup should work but as 'djin' mentioned: it is very likely you
have to play the game from the drive you installed
it from.

Maybe some other ideas:
You could try a firmware update on your rw drive
Try to uninstall the game and completely remove the uru directory before
re-installing it (maybe some settings are left behind)
Uninstall the game and remove the uru directory, then copy the game disc to
a virtual drive and install it from there.

Can't think of anything else right now.

Marcel

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> Pardon me asking, but is the copy you have an original disc, or a, er,
> "backup copy" ? If the drive is detecting it as writable media, it may
> make a difference.

No, it's the brand new store-bought copy.

Aphelion

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Aphelion wrote:
>>By the way, there's a Safedisc fix you might need if you use XP.
>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eae20f0f-c41c-44fe-84ce-1df707d7a2e9&DisplayLang=en
>
>
> I tried the fix, still can't get the game to run. I tried loading it from
> the virtual drive (Alcohol 120), it still doesn't work. WTF kind of game is
> picky about the type of CD drive it's in; I own hundreds of games and this
> is unheard of.
>
> Aphelion
>
>

It's known as "copy protection hell."
It's been around for a few years now, but most people don't
believe it exists until they experience it for themselves.

Ubisoft is not terribly helpful
http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/cgi-bi [...] MQ**&p_li=
http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/cgi-bi [...] MQ**&p_li=

If you have the original version of Uru, you could try one
of the NOCD cracks for Uru over at www.gamecopyworld.com
Using the crack would skip the CD check.
I don't know if any cracks exist for Uru: Complete Chronicles.
If you use a crack, be sure to scan it for viruses after you
download it. Usually cracks don't contain viruses, but considering
where they come from it's a good idea to be careful.

Alternatively I suppose you could go out and buy a CD or DVD drive
that isn't a writer and install that on your computer.


Ubisoft had enough problems with the copy protection on Myst IV
that they actually put a crack on their website. If you haven't
written to them yet, you might check to see if they've done
the same with your version of Uru.

i am having this problem more and more.
I bought need for speed: most wanted.

I have an LG cd-rw drive and a LG DVD drive.

The game gets to disk 2 on one drive and disk 3 on the other when trying to install.

So i think the game copy protection has messed me up.

(instructions to copy to HDD 1st and then install do not work...it just prompts me to put in disk 2 into F: (my hdd) instead of D: (DVD rom)

So my question here is:

this no-cd ..will that let me install my game? Or is it ment for AFTER you have the game installed?