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Spitfire7   01-21-2008 at 09:57:32 AM

I just recently pulled my game The Movies out again and it installed just fine and the auto run menu even comes up when I put in the DVD-ROM, but when i click to play, it says please insert the DVD/CD to play. Whats the deal? I cant get past the autorun screen.

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rgeist554   01-21-2008 at 03:52:17 PM
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I had this happen with an ASUS DVD drive. It installs / plays DVD movies just fine, but when a game has to detect the disc in the drive... it never does. The only way I've got around this is by downloading a patched executable to bypasses the DVD reading part.

I'm going to take a guess and say that your drive is also a SATA drive?

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Spitfire7   01-21-2008 at 11:36:30 PM
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Yeah it is a SATA. I have never had this problem until installing my old Movies game and also my COD4. Good thing I have two drives though, because COD4 worked in the older drive. Still the Movies game doesn't work in either.

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unatommer   01-22-2008 at 12:46:40 AM
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I have this problem with Bioshock. I have to stick the disc in and start it from the menu that pops up from autoplay, then press Play on that menu. If I have the disc in the drive and try the icon on my desktop...no go.

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Spitfire7   01-22-2008 at 04:25:53 AM
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unatommer wrote :

I have this problem with Bioshock. I have to stick the disc in and start it from the menu that pops up from autoplay, then press Play on that menu. If I have the disc in the drive and try the icon on my desktop...no go.



For you, I may have an idea. Find where your main Bioshock folder is and open the folder. Find the main executable file and try making a new shortcut. Just right click on the executable folder and click on create shortcut. I dont know if you have tried that or not, but it may be worth a shot. Maybe your older shortcut become corrupted or something.

I wonder if there is something we have to change in our executable file. For example adding something in the proporties of the shortcut. I haven't found any solutions yet.

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