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02-14-2009
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| xp | Re: Medieval 2 total war  Quote: Originally Posted by Mark  let me see if I have it down.... Summary: 1 - You have a dvd drive on your Vista system 2 - other dvd's put into the drive work fine 3 - this game-dvd doesn't even register as being inserted when you put it in the drive 4 - Some ideas: its a copy on a disk-type your drive doesn't support (like DVD-RAM) the disk is scratched up in the wrong place (easily checked on other computers) you have some kind of DRM/Virus preventing access to the disk (check your application log and see if anything shows up) Perhaps someone else has other ideas Mark "skim1994" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:4d467cb0ca1a7acc1ea9826f4b5afcac@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Mark;956552 Wrote: Quote: >> "Jekyll and Hyde" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> news:70aebaf4b519af484191b9e2297ce5ad@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > >> they >> can read the disk. >> >> Mark > > Do you mean as a scratched up copy or pirated copy? I bought the > expansion from an amazon seller and he had very good feedback. > > > -- > skim1994 I am running xp. any suggestions? tried checking for new drivers. tried disable/enable of cd rom. very frustrating. |
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02-14-2009
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| | Re: Medieval 2 total war interesting... In reading around the web it appears the disks are not compatible with some drives. I don't know the percentages but many people report success only after replacing their drive - not an answer you want to hear I know. Some reported a replacement disk from the mfg worked but others say they are just as bad. You can try asking for a replacement and see if it helps. Mark "dkchapuis" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:2c80ea1042b94401df3e1539a32cf43f@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Mark;958650 Wrote: Quote: >> let me see if I have it down.... >> >> Summary: >> 1 - You have a dvd drive on your Vista system >> 2 - other dvd's put into the drive work fine >> 3 - this game-dvd doesn't even register as being inserted when you put >> it in >> the drive >> >> 4 - Some ideas: >> its a copy on a disk-type your drive doesn't support (like DVD-RAM) >> the disk is scratched up in the wrong place (easily checked on other >> computers) >> you have some kind of DRM/Virus preventing access to the disk (check >> your application log and see if anything shows up) >> >> Perhaps someone else has other ideas >> Mark >> >> >> >> "skim1994" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> news:4d467cb0ca1a7acc1ea9826f4b5afcac@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > Quote: >> > > >> > > Mark;956552 Wrote:> > > > > >> > > >> "Jekyll and Hyde" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> > > >> news:70aebaf4b519af484191b9e2297ce5ad@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > >> > > >> they >> > > >> can read the disk. >> > > >> >> > > >> Mark> > > > >> > > >> > > Do you mean as a scratched up copy or pirated copy? I bought the >> > > expansion from an amazon seller and he had very good feedback. >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > skim1994 > > > I am having this same problem on one of my computers. Two other > computers will read the medieval total war disk fine. a third computer > just cannot see the disk. That third computer reads other disks fine, > including a rome total war disk. > > I am running xp. any suggestions? tried checking for new drivers. > tried disable/enable of cd rom. very frustrating. > > > -- > dkchapuis |
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02-15-2009
| #13 (permalink) |
| Vista Home Premium 32 bit | Re: Medieval 2 total war What do you mean by a replacement drive? Quote: Originally Posted by Mark interesting... In reading around the web it appears the disks are not compatible with some drives. I don't know the percentages but many people report success only after replacing their drive - not an answer you want to hear I know. Some reported a replacement disk from the mfg worked but others say they are just as bad. You can try asking for a replacement and see if it helps. Mark "dkchapuis" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:2c80ea1042b94401df3e1539a32cf43f@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Mark;958650 Wrote: Quote: >> let me see if I have it down.... >> >> Summary: >> 1 - You have a dvd drive on your Vista system >> 2 - other dvd's put into the drive work fine >> 3 - this game-dvd doesn't even register as being inserted when you put >> it in >> the drive >> >> 4 - Some ideas: >> its a copy on a disk-type your drive doesn't support (like DVD-RAM) >> the disk is scratched up in the wrong place (easily checked on other >> computers) >> you have some kind of DRM/Virus preventing access to the disk (check >> your application log and see if anything shows up) >> >> Perhaps someone else has other ideas >> Mark >> >> >> >> "skim1994" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> news:4d467cb0ca1a7acc1ea9826f4b5afcac@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > > I am having this same problem on one of my computers. Two other > computers will read the medieval total war disk fine. a third computer > just cannot see the disk. That third computer reads other disks fine, > including a rome total war disk. > > I am running xp. any suggestions? tried checking for new drivers. > tried disable/enable of cd rom. very frustrating. > > > -- > dkchapuis |
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02-16-2009
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| | Re: Medieval 2 total war Some people reported success only after purchasing a new dvd drive and installing it in their computer Some people reported success (but others reported none) after receving replacment disks from the mfg. Wish i could help more. Mark "skim1994" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:28313a43135135f77bfdb7edfc8657eb@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > What do you mean by a replacement drive? > > > Mark;967800 Wrote: Quote: >> interesting... In reading around the web it appears the disks are not >> compatible with some drives. I don't know the percentages but many >> people >> report success only after replacing their drive - not an answer you >> want to >> hear I know. Some reported a replacement disk from the mfg worked but >> others >> say they are just as bad. You can try asking for a replacement and see >> if it >> helps. >> >> Mark >> >> >> "dkchapuis" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> news:2c80ea1042b94401df3e1539a32cf43f@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > Quote: >> > > >> > > Mark;958650 Wrote:> > > > > >> > > >> let me see if I have it down.... >> > > >> >> > > >> Summary: >> > > >> 1 - You have a dvd drive on your Vista system >> > > >> 2 - other dvd's put into the drive work fine >> > > >> 3 - this game-dvd doesn't even register as being inserted when you >> > > put >> > > >> it in >> > > >> the drive >> > > >> >> > > >> 4 - Some ideas: >> > > >> its a copy on a disk-type your drive doesn't support (like >> > > >> DVD-RAM) >> > > >> the disk is scratched up in the wrong place (easily checked on >> > > >> other >> > > >> computers) >> > > >> you have some kind of DRM/Virus preventing access to the disk >> > > >> (check >> > > >> your application log and see if anything shows up) >> > > >> >> > > >> Perhaps someone else has other ideas >> > > >> Mark >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> "skim1994" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >> > > >> news:4d467cb0ca1a7acc1ea9826f4b5afcac@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >> >> > > >> > > > > >> > > I am having this same problem on one of my computers. Two other >> > > computers will read the medieval total war disk fine. a third >> > computer >> > > just cannot see the disk. That third computer reads other disks >> > fine, >> > > including a rome total war disk. >> > > >> > > I am running xp. any suggestions? tried checking for new >> > drivers. >> > > tried disable/enable of cd rom. very frustrating. >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > dkchapuis > > > > -- > skim1994 |
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04-11-2009
| #15 (permalink) |
| Vista Home Premium 32 bit | Re: Medieval 2 total war Alright a few months have passed and my computer is all fixed now ( i have no idea how, I replaced the bad memory stick, USB devices, etc etc) and I tried to install Medieval 2 Total War once again. This time, I put in the 2nd disk of the 2 disk set and it actually detected it in the DVD-Rom. However, nothing came up and when i double clicked on the icon for the disk, a box that was all black inside ( a command box or something) appeared for like half a second. However, the computer still does not detect the first disk. |
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