lowzeewee Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 How come my drive can't read my Install Disc 1 but it can read my Disc 2,3,4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 this should be in tech support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 How come my drive can't read my Install Disc 1 but it can read my Disc 2,3,4Have yoy tried the install disk on another pc ? If so, does it provide the same problem ? If it does give you the same problem, I'd say your disk is defective.If the disk is defective, follow the procedure below:You can contact the warranty department directly by phone at: 650-628-1905, by email at: warranty@ea.com, or by mail at:Westwood Customer WarrantyP.O Box 9025Redwood City, CA 94063-9025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 28, 2002 Author Share Posted November 28, 2002 How come my drive can't read my Install Disc 1 but it can read my Disc 2,3,4Have yoy tried the install disk on another pc ? If so, does it provide the same problem ? If it does give you the same problem, I'd say your disk is defective.If the disk is defective, follow the procedure below:You can contact the warranty department directly by phone at: 650-628-1905, by email at: warranty@ea.com, or by mail at:Westwood Customer WarrantyP.O Box 9025Redwood City, CA 94063-9025yes.i tried on another PC.n it workks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 Alright, can't read at all (meaning you get the message "put disk in drive") or just some files it can't read ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aox0m0xoa Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 my drive wont read some discs too, its weird, it wont even recognize them, but they can be read fine in my upstairs computer's cdrom. so i just put it in there and share the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 28, 2002 Author Share Posted November 28, 2002 my drive wont read some discs too, its weird, it wont even recognize them, but they can be read fine in my upstairs computer's cdrom. so i just put it in there and share the drive.but my old comp sux like hell Pentium 1[wait a min,does it even haf a pentium]At least this laptop i use is pentium 3.but my cousin cause some crap to my disk drive which i cant handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 It might be usefull to find out what your cousin did to the comp. I'm not sure what I can do about a CD not being read (while others are).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 OK.Here's wat i think he did.1-Turn On LaPTOP2-Pressed F11 straight away3-It went to the options screen4-He selected full system recovery5-Here it goes6-All data gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 Dr thotep,PLS help me.i have been off EMP for 10 days already PLZPLZPLZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 That's a biog sad back, but I think there's little I can do.Do you have any cd copy programs installed, like Nero, easy cd ceator ? If so, uninstall them and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 No.I will have to play on my old comp[which has no internet] FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 Is it just the install disk it can't read ? It can read all other disks you have ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 my drive wont read some discs too, its weird, it wont even recognize them, but they can be read fine in my upstairs computer's cdrom. so i just put it in there and share the drive.but my old comp sux like hell Pentium 1[wait a min,does it even haf a pentium]At least this laptop i use is pentium 3.but my cousin cause some crap to my disk drive which i cant handleAccording to the Easy Report you provided I doubt the laptop is a P3 at ~216Mhz. Maybe a P2. Are there any visible scratches on the disk? Some drives are more particular than others. If there are noticeable scratches you may want to get a disk cleaning kit to smooth out the scratches on the disk. If it's definitely not the disk you may want to consider getting an CDROM drive cleaning kit to clean the lense in your troublesome drive. Other than that I don't know what to tell you aside from getting a replacement drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Only the install disc cant b read....u must look VERY CLOSELY at my disc to see the scratches.Maybe its the color of the disc :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Is it just the install disk it can't read ? It can read all other disks you have ?can read ALL others,yup but my old comp can read EVERY SINGLE DISC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 The only thing I can think of is the copy disk protection is preventing your cdrom from reading the disk. This only could/should/would happen if you have copy programs installed. You've already stated that you don't have any of these programs, so basicly this can't be the reason.Only other option I see left is to format and reinstall everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 This is an original set!!!SGD$39.90!!!I bought it in the official box together with the 4 discs,warranty,manual....the key code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 I don't have a CDRW or CDburner....i only have game softwares......I only play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 This is an original set!!!SGD$39.90!!!I bought it in the official box together with the 4 discs,warranty,manual....the key codeSo ? There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the cd, as another cdrom reads it. If you believe the disk is faulty, get it swapped for another. Go here to see how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 i could install on my PC with the disk,i tried it again today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 i could install on my PC with the disk,i tried it again today.Are you saying it works now ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 i could install on my PC with the disk,i tried it again today.Are you saying it works now ??[for this laptop]but it stopped @ the part where it 0% and i waited 40 mins but 0% stillbut for my old comp,it could install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Try to copy the setup files to your harddrive and try to install from there. Make sure the install disk remains in the cdrom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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