gta san andreas

I can't even start San Andreas, it says please insert a valid disc on a different drive.

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I have the same problem as Nick! It is v frustrating!!! Does anyone know how to fix this???


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mY GTA wont run on Vista any body has an idea what i can do. !!

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"Nick" wrote:

> I can't even start San Andreas, it says please insert a valid disc on a different drive.
>
> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
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I had the exact same problem. So, I found a "crack" and it worked. So, that
ruled out any driver issues. I've since removed the crack because even though
I have a legal copy of the game, I'm sure I'm in violation of some sort of
agreement due to "modifying" the code.

I just hope Rockstar or Microsoft come out with some compatibility patch for
it because it's ridiculous that I can't play a game that I legally own.

This and Splinter Cell Double Agent are the only two games so far that have
given me fits. Double Agent works at times and others it doesn't.

Frustrating, but that's to be expected with a new OS. I'm sure in time,
things will get ironed out. I just hope the software companies are aware of
it.

BTW, the crack removes the CD check and that proves to me that there is an
issue with the copy protection within San Andreas.

Again, I hope they fix this. I don't trust cracks (who knows what they
screwed up) and I scanned the snot out of it before I installed it to ensure
there were no trojans or viruses, but you can't always catch them.

Vista seems to have a little more problems with some of the copy
protections, then XP did. I'm sure it's part of the added security, it just
seems to work against the user.

Supreme commander, which is actually a Games for windows game and was
suppose to have Vista support had this issue. In this case, it was on both
Vista and XP. My hats off to Gas powered games and THQ, because on their 2nd
patch, they removed the CD check. Not bad for a game only a month old.

I don't encourage piracy, but if a CD\DVD check stops a game from working,
then I have no problems using a CD\DVD crack. I don't think anyone is going
to come knocking on your door, espeically, if you can provide the actual
game.


"Ivan Samuelson" <IvanSamuelson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> BTW, the crack removes the CD check and that proves to me that there is an
> issue with the copy protection within San Andreas.
>
> Again, I hope they fix this. I don't trust cracks (who knows what they
> screwed up) and I scanned the snot out of it before I installed it to
> ensure
> there were no trojans or viruses, but you can't always catch them.
>

I can't even start San Andreas, it says please insert a valid disc on a different drive.

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I can start the game fine, but it lags so bad! When i was on xp a couple of
days ago it played fine, now i get like 5-10 fps in my house where i spawn.

All other games work fine, i want a fix!