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C2 CD Broken!   
Arnout

Arnout
Netherlands  


  9/12/2009

I was wanting to install C2 back on my laptop. But it can,t read the CD. :(

When the CD is inside my laptop, my CD drive is making some very strange sounds. :(

The CD works fine on other PC,s.
It,s a windows XP.
Help!

 
Papriko
Peppery One

Papriko



  9/12/2009

Is the Laptop's drive able to read other CDs?

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Arnout

Arnout



  9/12/2009

C3 works fine.
most of the time i,m only playing C3, so i did,nt have tested other CD,s.

 
EmergencyTowel

EmergencyTowel



  9/12/2009

its the cd drive. The best I can do is tell you to take it to a shop.

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xan

xan



  9/12/2009

^ if other cds work why the hell would it be the cd drive?


have you tried the c2 cd in another computer?

 
Arnout

Arnout



  9/13/2009

Yes, it works fine on my old windows 98.

Empire earth is,nt working too!
Could it be some kind of a DVD rom?

 
Malkin

Malkin

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  9/13/2009

It's important to think logically and work out the most likely scenario. There are two major ways error could creep in to the process of playing a CD on your computer.

CDs are not permanent. If your C2 CD doesn't work in other computers, it could be the CD's fault. Try cleaning it or repairing it. As we have determined that your C2 CD works (does it install?) on other computers, we must test the second hypothesis.

CD drives are delicate creatures. If your CD drive has issues with all CDs, or if your CD drive has had a "bump", it could be that the CD drive no longer works. Please test this.

The third factor is, as always human error... But we know you don't think your CD drive is a cup holder. ;)

By-the-by, a lot of modern CD drives are also DVD drives - does your computer manual say it's a CD drive and a DVD drive?


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Arnout

Arnout



  9/13/2009

No only CD drive. The laptop is allready 5 years old.

Where to get C2toDS?

 
Ghosthande
Prodigal Sock

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  9/13/2009

Have you tried manually making it start up using the Run menu? My XP had similar problems--it could play the CD, it just wouldn't autoplay it for some reason, so I always had to start the game manually.


 
Arnout

Arnout



  9/13/2009

I,ve tried to run it manually.
Still nothing.

I,ve got the autorun problem with C3. XD

 
Glabrezu

Glabrezu



  9/16/2009

Three options:
1. Find a no-cd crack
2.download a c2 iso
3.get a mate's c2 cd, copy the files, place in a .rar, change .rar to iso and mount with alchohol 120% or daemon tools.

Any questions concerning option 3 feel free to PM, or chat on DS.

Good luck

 
Don

Don


 visit Don's website: AmberCreatures
  9/26/2009

If you copy the files to the hard drive you should be able to install it from there.

Don
AmberCreatures


 


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