Disk Drive Error w/ Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth

Yes I do

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Takamatsu,
>
> Can you see any files on the DVD when you test it on another PC?
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
> Takamatsu Wrote:
> =================
> | I have an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A drive on my Dell Dimension Gen. 5
> | I have the DVD-ROM version of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth
> | All system requirments are met by game, but when I put disk in drive it
> | shows that there are no files on the disk. It does however say there is a few
> | GBs of info. stored on the disk when viewed in the property screen.
>
>
>

Hi Takamatsu,

Great! So the DVD itself isn't at fault..
Are you havig the same problem with other DVD's too?

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
__________________________________________________ _______

Takamatsu Wrote:
=================
| Yes I do
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Takamatsu,
||
|| Can you see any files on the DVD when you test it on another PC?
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| __________________________________________________ _______
||
|| Takamatsu Wrote:
|| =================
||| I have an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A drive on my Dell Dimension Gen. 5
||| I have the DVD-ROM version of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth
||| All system requirments are met by game, but when I put disk in drive it
||| shows that there are no files on the disk. It does however say there is a few
||| GBs of info. stored on the disk when viewed in the property screen.

The Disk works in my old computer, but not my new one. The new computer has
never done this to any other game, or disk. I've loaded Battlefield 2, which
is another EA DVD Game, onto the new computer and that worked fine.
Maybe my computer actually doesn't like me. I'd move the drive to my new
computer, but then my old one wouldn't be able to burn.

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Takamatsu,
>
> Great! So the DVD itself isn't at fault..
> Are you havig the same problem with other DVD's too?
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
> Takamatsu Wrote:
> =================
> | Yes I do
> |
> | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> |
> || Hi Takamatsu,
> ||
> || Can you see any files on the DVD when you test it on another PC?
> ||
> || --
> || Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> || Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> ||
> || Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> || MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> || My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> || __________________________________________________ _______
> ||
> || Takamatsu Wrote:
> || =================
> ||| I have an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A drive on my Dell Dimension Gen. 5
> ||| I have the DVD-ROM version of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth
> ||| All system requirments are met by game, but when I put disk in drive it
> ||| shows that there are no files on the disk. It does however say there is a few
> ||| GBs of info. stored on the disk when viewed in the property screen.
>
>
>

Hi Takamatsu,


Let's try a couple of things to get that working for you:

1. Startup your system in SAFE MODE by pressing F8 repeatedly
while your system is booting up after you've shut down your system

2. Log in with an account you've created as a "Computer Administrator"
account that you'll use to play the game, but don't use a Limited account.

In fact, even create a new Administrator account to see if it's a profile issue.

--
Cheers, * Windows XP MVP Shell / User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
__________________________________________________ _______






Takamatsu Wrote:
=================
| The Disk works in my old computer, but not my new one. The new computer has
| never done this to any other game, or disk. I've loaded Battlefield 2, which
| is another EA DVD Game, onto the new computer and that worked fine.
| Maybe my computer actually doesn't like me. I'd move the drive to my new
| computer, but then my old one wouldn't be able to burn.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Takamatsu,
||
|| Great! So the DVD itself isn't at fault..
|| Are you havig the same problem with other DVD's too?
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| __________________________________________________ _______
||
|| Takamatsu Wrote:
|| =================
||| Yes I do
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi Takamatsu,
||||
|||| Can you see any files on the DVD when you test it on another PC?
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||| __________________________________________________ _______
||||
|||| Takamatsu Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| I have an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A drive on my Dell Dimension Gen. 5
||||| I have the DVD-ROM version of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth
||||| All system requirments are met by game, but when I put disk in drive it
||||| shows that there are no files on the disk. It does however say there is a few
||||| GBs of info. stored on the disk when viewed in the property screen.

Try copying the whole disk to your hard drive and run the install
program (setup.exe or install.exe or autostart.exe) from there. If you
are having problems with the copying, you might have a problem with the DVD.
Create a directory in C: (name it Install for instance) and then use the
following command line (click start\run):
Xcopy DVD:\*.* c:\Install /s
Substitute DVD with the drive letter of your DVD drive
It might take a while for the copying process due to the size of the
files, but you can delete that directory (C:\Install) once you are
finished with the installation and the game is up and running.

Takamatsu wrote:

> The Disk works in my old computer, but not my new one. The new computer has
> never done this to any other game, or disk. I've loaded Battlefield 2, which
> is another EA DVD Game, onto the new computer and that worked fine.
> Maybe my computer actually doesn't like me. I'd move the drive to my new
> computer, but then my old one wouldn't be able to burn.
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
>

>> Hi Takamatsu,
>>
>> Great! So the DVD itself isn't at fault..
>> Are you havig the same problem with other DVD's too?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
>> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
>> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
>> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> __________________________________________________ _______
>>
>> Takamatsu Wrote:
>> =================
>> | Yes I do
>> |
>> | "Jimmy S." wrote:
>> |
>> || Hi Takamatsu,
>> ||
>> || Can you see any files on the DVD when you test it on another PC?
>> ||
>> || --
>> || Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
>> || Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> ||
>> || Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
>> || MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
>> || My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> || __________________________________________________ _______
>> ||
>> || Takamatsu Wrote:
>> || =================
>> ||| I have an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A drive on my Dell Dimension Gen. 5
>> ||| I have the DVD-ROM version of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth
>> ||| All system requirments are met by game, but when I put disk in drive it
>> ||| shows that there are no files on the disk. It does however say there is a few
>> ||| GBs of info. stored on the disk when viewed in the property screen.
>>
>>
>>
>>

---
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0606-0, 02/04/2006
Tested on: 2/6/2006 6:29:25 PM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com