Computer Problem

jaretac

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I know that there are some people on this board in the IT profession and I was hoping that someone could help me. I have a DVD+RW drive that has been giving me some problems.

I have some video games that are on a DVD and my computer will install the programs, but when I start the game it tells me to insert disk (though the disk is in). It will read DVD videos and, like I said, it will install from DVD format; but it won't run games.

I've updated the driver and have tried other games and it does the same thing. I did have the games installed and working correctly until recently when it started refusing to read the disk. I've tried reinstalling the games with no help.
 

CycloneErik

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I know that there are some people on this board in the IT profession and I was hoping that someone could help me. I have a DVD+RW drive that has been giving me some problems.

I have some video games that are on a DVD and my computer will install the programs, but when I start the game it tells me to insert disk (though the disk is in). It will read DVD videos and, like I said, it will install from DVD format; but it won't run games.

I've updated the driver and have tried other games and it does the same thing. I did have the games installed and working correctly until recently when it started refusing to read the disk. I've tried reinstalling the games with no help.

Are you running Vista? If so, are your games Vista-compatible?

I think cytech's answer is the better one, but it's worth thinking about.