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utinaeniduin
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April 30th, 2005 16:00
Install a game
Hi. I got a new computer, and I wanted to install just one of my favorite games. The very popular, Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth. Anyways, everytime I try to install it, it just stops loading when I insert the second disk. It stops loading, and no matter how long I wait it does not go beyond 19%. It is not the particular CDs fault, because I have tried to use a different loading disk, and it still didnt work. It worked on my old comp. It ran wndows 2000, though. I am positive that the game supports windows xp. I don't know what to do. It seems to be something unique about the computer and how it reacts to the game. I will contact EA games as well but I have the feeling that the problem can be solved on this end.
I think there is something about my CD drive. (PHILIPS CDRW/DVD CD5263)
utinaeniduin
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Posted June 28th, 2005 00:00
that's interesting. Is there anyway I could use the cd drive from a desktop on a laptop without spending too much money.You could use Some Kind of USB IDE case or USB to IDE Bridge and external power supply.
http://www.cooldrives.com/usbtoidebrad.htmlhttp://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-usb-usb2ide.html
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santapaella
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Posted August 15th, 2005 23:00
yep i have the same drive but in a inspiron 2200 and i have the same problem... well worst cause now it just don't want to read any kind of cd(dvd,audio, etc.) i'm trying to figure it out what wrong... but every day it seems to me that i'm gonna have to buy a new oneutinaeniduin
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Posted August 16th, 2005 17:00
getting an IDE adapter worked really well for me as suggested in a previous post. I recomend the "SABRENT USB 2.0 IDE Adapter (CD/DVD-ROM, Combo, CD/DVD-RW + Hard Disk External). It is really easy to use; just plug it in and you're ready.santapaella
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Posted August 17th, 2005 16:00
uhm ok but the real problem is that my computer is a laptop it's a inspiron 2200 series... see i can't pull out my cd drive... any other suggestions????santapaella
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Posted August 17th, 2005 17:00
yes i already tried with a external cdrw drive an it worked perfect but i'm also triying to fix my internal cd rom driveutinaeniduin
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Posted August 17th, 2005 17:00
Do you have any other comp around that you could borrow the cd drive from? This is what worked for me. Sorry I can't think of anything else, I'm not an expert at this stuff.
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Posted June 27th, 2005 21:00
The system has READ ERRORS on the CDS due to a silly copy protection scheme that not all drives like.