Disk Problem

S.R. Krol · #1 October 26th, 2007, 06:12 PM

Strange. What OS are you using, and is the laptop a different OS?

One thing you may also want to try is popping some other discs into your drive and seeing how it's reading. I know you said you haven't encountered problems previously, but typically when one of my CD/DVD drives is giving up the ghost it starts having read problems, and this may just be the initial sign.

Rich · #2 October 26th, 2007, 07:20 PM

Interesting that it doesn't go to registry. How big is the installed directory? Maybe I can copy to a cd (she doesn't have a dvd writer) and then to my computer. I'll also see if it will read after I try another disk. Thanks for the ideas. I'll post on how they might work.

Zeldor · #3 October 26th, 2007, 08:28 PM

How old is your dvd drive? And are you sure you didn't buy it from ebay?

Rich · #4 October 26th, 2007, 09:02 PM

Putting a different disk (#1 of GalCivII) in didn't work. Oh, the GC disk worked fine. Don't tell MS but my wife and I use the same copy of winxppro. My drive is less than a year old and didn't come from ebay.

Anyhow, I got dom3 installed on her computer. Went to copy it and got an error from Nero that the copy at 8x wouldn't work (even though it worked for other files to that disk). The folder size is only 300meg. That screwed up the cd and it was the only blank one I had. Today has not been good. Going to town over the weekend and will get a few cdr disks and will try again. Theorically it should work. Then I can copy it to my "games" dvd.

Zeldor · #5 October 26th, 2007, 09:21 PM

Rich:

I was asking if Dominions copy is not from ebay or other strange place.

DigitalSin · #6 October 26th, 2007, 10:33 PM

You can also try copying it to a USB drive.

Rich · #7 October 26th, 2007, 11:06 PM

Ah Zeldor I see. No. I ordered it from SG using my Stardock coupon.

A USB drive is a good idea. I'll have to check prices.