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DG problem - 6/11/2007 4:32:43 AM   
Zeitgeist


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so i was reinstalling the old TS Divided ground off the disc I have
and though my computer recognizes the disc, it will not begin the installation process.

any chance someone could give me some ideas as to what i can do?

regards,

patrick

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 4:45:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Windows XP? With the disc in the drive, open My Computer. Right click on the drive icon with the cd and click Explore.

Is there a run.exe ?

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:13:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		yes there is, however when i double click it, nothing happens    

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:24:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Is the drive a DVD or CD drive? Do you have the drive set to Autoplay? Do you have more than one drive on this computer? Do you have admin rights?

I'm not a wiz at this, just trying to think of things for you.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:31:28 AM   
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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:44:03 AM   
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AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6Ghz, 256KB+256KB L2 Cache, up to 1600 MHz system bus)
1024mb Memory


its a HP Pavilion dv 2025nr Entertainment Notebook PC


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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:44:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Look for an autorun.inf file, if there is one, it should open up with Notepad.

Hopefully, it will list the name of the file that starts the installation. if so, find that particular file using Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) and double click it.
Usually, this is a setup.exe file, but with older programs it can be anything.

If there is no autorun.inf file then search for a "setup.exe" file and double click it.

Hope this helps.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 5:52:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		yea, i appreciate that

it says to click the run.exe file, and i do that, still no effect



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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 6:01:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's a longshot. Try to run the run.exe file in compatibility mode. Do this by right clicking the run.exe, goto to properties, find the compatibility tab --make sure the box has a check in it and then use the arrow to the right to change compatibility. Try Windows 98 first. If that doesn't work try Windows 95.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 6:15:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am unable to do that :) my last install of DG was on a windows 2000 PC    

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 7:00:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you open My Computer, does the drive show the DG icon (blue star) ?

Can you double click it?

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 7:05:39 AM   
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ORIGINAL: junk2drive

If you open My Computer, does the drive show the DG icon (blue star) ?

Can you double click it?



yes i can, and no, nothing happens

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 7:11:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm out of ideas. The copy protection AIUI is a bunch of bad sectors on the CD. Your drive may see these as a bad disc and not want to run it.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 7:27:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		i appreciate your help, junk2drive, thank you for the effort :)    

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 7:33:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		No problem, sorry we couldn't come up with the answer.

One last thing, did you try disabling your anti virus? ISTR CMAK having a problem fighting with my McAfee. The disc would spin and spin as the AV checked every bit.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 10:41:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		You could also try copying the entire disk contents to your HD and try installing from there and not off the CD.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 11:33:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		As a matter of interest do you have any Starforce protected games installed, or the Starfarce drivers otherwise present?

It's probably not the the same problem as it only manifested on running the game .exe, not the install, but there is at least one flavour of Starfarce (GT Legends) that doesn't like the DG disk - oddly enough the version with Silent Hunter 3 seemed OK. It might be worth trying with any form of resident anti-piracy software removed, it can have strange effects on any operations of CD and DVD drives, especially with older disks.

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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 3:53:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		finally managed to get some of my stupid mcaffee tasks disabled ( i had to download this monster of a program for school)

and i was able to get a clean install of DG


thanks for all the hard work helping guys


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RE: DG problem - 6/11/2007 6:44:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Both Macafee and Norton have become bloated and take over you system.  I recommend Norman for anti-virus.

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