Wellsy Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 A simple situation is driving me crazyI want to play a gam ei havent played in a while, the game being Polulous : The Beginning. When i put the disk in the machine nothing happens, no auto run or anything. So i think to myslef maybe it doesn't have autorun capability so i go to my computer and guess wot?!?!?! its says there is no disk in the computer. I think ...well maybe the disk is damaged so i check for scrathes and cracks and so on but apart from a few small scrathes, nothing is too bad. So i chack it on my old comp which has win98, and guess wot, it works fine, i hear u say..then why not use that comp to play it on, to which i say..no way coz that comp is about to die on me.Anyone have any ideas how to get it to work, this also happens with Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2.thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBojangles Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 If the games are old they may not be capable of working with XP. This has happened to me before. Something with the different settings of XP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSAENOTSOCK Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 EXACT same thing happened to me. I was wondering what is happening, and then it wouldnt burn CD's either. So we got a new burner on boxing day (Dec. 26th) and when I opened the computer up to put the new one in, the big fat cord in it was actually ripped in the middle. So, if you have say $40 Canadian lying around, this is a good investmenet to get a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1pP3r Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 yeah, what WSAE said,I had the same problem with my win 98, I guess it just sucked.. we just got a new one, and it was fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToDie1955 Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 For witch win is this game Popoulus ? Else try to click on his icon & to find the mark of the compatibility with another win like 98 in ex...Egidio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
going54 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 if the game is not ment for xp it wont run. but the game will get installed. but when u run the game it will say the not capable. and other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 I think there is a bug with XP. I had a similar problem with my GPS software on my laptop. Sometime it shows up then sometime it doesnt. I actually replaced the CD drive and it worked for a while then the same thing happened again. So I am going to reformat and see if that works. does yours do it with just that disk or all disk. Try another when it is doing that and see what happens. Let me know I am interested. I will post when I have time to reformat and let you know what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsy Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 Only a few older games, Populous, Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2, thats it, newer released games work on it fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
going54 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 u can try this. put the cd in the drive and restart the comp when it restarts the drive should read it. try and tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 -Gen.Wellsy]Only a few older games, Populous, Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2, thats it, newer released games work on it fine. Oh ok...So after you put one in that doesnt work then you put another game it will work? If that is the case my problem is not the same. When you go to my computer and click explore on the CD drive does anything show up? Not all CD's have autorun. WINXP has a feature to open the cd in the first folder but not all work. Have you tried to open it manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsy Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 Yes i have tried to open it manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
going54 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 i also need help. when i put my HL CD in the drive it doesnt read it. when i put My opposing Force cd in it doesnt read it as well. what do i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 New CD drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
going54 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 New CD drive. why? when i put other CDs in it works fine..anyother help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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