prince of persia sands of time. wont recognize cd in drive

ZFR · 05-31-2005, 07:26 AM

I got Prince of Persia: Sands of time. installed fine but when I try to run it it asks me to insert cd in drive althoough it is there. the game is original. grrr i hate it when this happens. had same problem with ToB before but found official patch to fix it. I cant find anything similar for PoP. Any help?

RoSs_bg2_rox · 05-31-2005, 08:01 AM

How fast is your CD drive? On one of my old computers I couldn't get something Office 2003 to work, so I burned a copy of it on another computer, and the copy worked fine. You could try that.

Harkoliar · 05-31-2005, 08:25 AM

test your cd's with other computers. if it works, then you cd-rom is the problem (and cheap to replace nowadays)

Callum · 05-31-2005, 09:31 AM

Heh... I get that all the time with my "Malaysian versions"

COuld you not download a No CD crack?

RoSs_bg2_rox · 05-31-2005, 09:44 AM

Or use Alcohol 120% to mount the image.

Lord · 05-31-2005, 05:28 PM

is it like PoP: the warrior within; in that game, there was a different game cd than install cd.
BTW, I never played the Sands of Time, but you'd probably like the Warrior Within also. It just came out a few months ago, so it's kinda expensive (IIRC i got it for $40 about 2 months ago).

ZFR · 06-01-2005, 04:50 AM

Arrrgh..

i had no chance to try it on a different pc, but...

it happened again with Starcraft: Brood War. it asks for cd even when it is there. only the brood war expansion, the main starcraft cd works fine.
and I tried Brood war on a different (much older) pc and it works.

note that I can acces the CDs normally and copy files from it and everything, only the game wont recognize cd in drive.

must be the new cd drive that i got few weeks ago. and those cd copy protections.

Any idea where I can find cracks? i tried gamecopyworld.com and didnt find anything

Azeral · 06-01-2005, 06:14 AM

http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html try there

wellard · 06-01-2005, 06:30 PM

Do some games still refuse to run/install if they detect copying software on the computer?

Why not just take the game back to the shop to check it out?

And as for the new CD drive, do not rule that out as a problem. I bought a new one a couple of years ago and it was intermittant in ops, it caused me no end of grief. I got the shop to replace it with another CD drive and all the problems went away.

05-31-2005, 07:26 AM	#1
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,368	I got Prince of Persia: Sands of time. installed fine but when I try to run it it asks me to insert cd in drive althoough it is there. the game is original. grrr i hate it when this happens. had same problem with ToB before but found official patch to fix it. I cant find anything similar for PoP. Any help? __________________ ZFR

05-31-2005, 08:01 AM	#2
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 35 Posts: 5,225	How fast is your CD drive? On one of my old computers I couldn't get something Office 2003 to work, so I burned a copy of it on another computer, and the copy worked fine. You could try that. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-31-2005, 08:25 AM	#3
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	test your cd's with other computers. if it works, then you cd-rom is the problem (and cheap to replace nowadays) __________________ Catch me if you can..

05-31-2005, 09:31 AM	#4
Callum Symbol of Cyric Join Date: October 21, 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 35 Posts: 1,143	Heh... I get that all the time with my "Malaysian versions" COuld you not download a No CD crack? __________________ [img]\"http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4763/callumavataranimated4ff.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-31-2005, 09:44 AM	#5
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 35 Posts: 5,225	Or use Alcohol 120% to mount the image. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-31-2005, 05:28 PM	#6
Lord Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: June 3, 2003 Location: New York Age: 39 Posts: 3,302	is it like PoP: the warrior within; in that game, there was a different game cd than install cd. BTW, I never played the Sands of Time, but you'd probably like the Warrior Within also. It just came out a few months ago, so it's kinda expensive (IIRC i got it for $40 about 2 months ago). __________________ "You're a thief and a liar." "No, I only lied about being a thief."

06-01-2005, 04:50 AM	#7
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,368	Arrrgh.. i had no chance to try it on a different pc, but... it happened again with Starcraft: Brood War. it asks for cd even when it is there. only the brood war expansion, the main starcraft cd works fine. and I tried Brood war on a different (much older) pc and it works. note that I can acces the CDs normally and copy files from it and everything, only the game wont recognize cd in drive. must be the new cd drive that i got few weeks ago. and those cd copy protections. Any idea where I can find cracks? i tried gamecopyworld.com and didnt find anything __________________ ZFR

06-01-2005, 06:14 AM	#8
Azeral Manshoon Join Date: May 16, 2003 Location: Orange , N.S.W , Aust Age: 37 Posts: 218	http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html try there __________________ [img]\"http://img37.exs.cx/img37/4753/azeral2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

06-01-2005, 06:30 PM	#9
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Do some games still refuse to run/install if they detect copying software on the computer? Why not just take the game back to the shop to check it out? And as for the new CD drive, do not rule that out as a problem. I bought a new one a couple of years ago and it was intermittant in ops, it caused me no end of grief. I got the shop to replace it with another CD drive and all the problems went away. __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

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