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ARGH! DVD drive won't read (some) DVDs!
Dartboy
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I am on Vista, and this is annoying me. My dvd drive refuses to recognize dvds, while it reads cds fine.
Nearest I can tell, the problem began after installing Exteel (thanks, "copy protection!"). Anyway, after installing that when the open beta came around, and subsequently being unable to play due to it's own copy protection not starting up, I decided to say screw it and go play something else. Around that time I picked up ArmA Gold and the IL-2 Collection. I go to install those, but my dvd drive just doesn't do anything. Double clicking on the drive just pops up a "please insert disc" message, and opens the tray. I popped STALKER back in (which I already had installed), and it reads fine. I noticed that both ArmA and IL-2 say on their boxes that they only support XP, so I figured it was just some Vista thing, and I set them aside not worrying too much about it.
Fast forward to more recently. I just picked up and installed an 8800GT, so I can join the modern era of PC gaming. Well wanting to get some games to take advantage of the hardware, I picked up UT3 and Crysis. So I go to install.
SAME. DAMN. THING.
The discs just sit in the drive, doing squat. Again I checked with some other games I already have installed, those discs read fine. As a test, I dug out Quake II. That starts up fine as well. Hmmm. I tried UT2 (not installed). Won't read. Oblivion (again, not installed), won't read. Morrowind? Yes read.
So, from what I can gather, my system won't read dvds of games I haven't installed yet, while it WILL read dvds from games I have, and all cds. I've tried giving System Restore a shot, but the thing blue screens mid-way through the process. Fortunately, the "undo failed system restore" option seemed to work ok. I've also checked the dvd drivers, and those are up to date.
I have a lot of stuff installed, and really REALLY don't want to reformat if I can avoid it. So if anyone can think of anything else I could try, I'd really appreciate it.
I just want to play some Crysis
Nearest I can tell, the problem began after installing Exteel (thanks, "copy protection!"). Anyway, after installing that when the open beta came around, and subsequently being unable to play due to it's own copy protection not starting up, I decided to say screw it and go play something else. Around that time I picked up ArmA Gold and the IL-2 Collection. I go to install those, but my dvd drive just doesn't do anything. Double clicking on the drive just pops up a "please insert disc" message, and opens the tray. I popped STALKER back in (which I already had installed), and it reads fine. I noticed that both ArmA and IL-2 say on their boxes that they only support XP, so I figured it was just some Vista thing, and I set them aside not worrying too much about it.
Fast forward to more recently. I just picked up and installed an 8800GT, so I can join the modern era of PC gaming. Well wanting to get some games to take advantage of the hardware, I picked up UT3 and Crysis. So I go to install.
SAME. DAMN. THING.
The discs just sit in the drive, doing squat. Again I checked with some other games I already have installed, those discs read fine. As a test, I dug out Quake II. That starts up fine as well. Hmmm. I tried UT2 (not installed). Won't read. Oblivion (again, not installed), won't read. Morrowind? Yes read.
So, from what I can gather, my system won't read dvds of games I haven't installed yet, while it WILL read dvds from games I have, and all cds. I've tried giving System Restore a shot, but the thing blue screens mid-way through the process. Fortunately, the "undo failed system restore" option seemed to work ok. I've also checked the dvd drivers, and those are up to date.
I have a lot of stuff installed, and really REALLY don't want to reformat if I can avoid it. So if anyone can think of anything else I could try, I'd really appreciate it.
I just want to play some Crysis
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