cd not recognised

yep,sure did....asked the same question on newsgroup for `windows xp` and
amongst all the abusive replies (i DARED to mention a game and thought XP
was at fault) i recieved 1 reply from a kindly gent who suggested that D3
(and a few other games)have an anti-piracy thing built-in that reads hdd and
looks for any sort of cd-burning software eg. NERO,ADAPTEC etc.(so i
formatted and put XP on again-this time without my cd burner plugged in and
only my cd player)AND GUESS WHAT....bugger me,it works...he was
right!!!!!but the full game runs unplayably sluggish (just like the demo
did)and i`m thinking that its jammed on max resolution...even if i click on
640 by 480 and NO to fullscreen and `apply changes` it still looks too good
for min.res and stays in full screen ...if i go to D3 folder and right-click
on all 3 items,click properties then un-click read-only and apply etc. it
still goes back to `read-only`....is that what`s jamming the res. onto
max????this is a game i`d been looking forward to,and i`m very
disappointed...any help with the graphics problem is appreciated ( the ATI
card SHOULD be more than sufficient) many thanks :-}
"h" <h@@at@@howiem.com> wrote in message
news:aQHff.11418$Lw5.1074@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> "dusty" <dusty66.TakeThisOut@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:kFfef.17961$Hj2.15263@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > hi,all...finally got hold of a faster system capable of running d3.had
the
> > demo for a few months and finally loaded it up,but the graphics setup
> > seemed
> > stuck on 1600 by 1200 and totally unplayable.so i went and bought the
full
> > game on cd,rushed home and loaded the 3 cd`s in.then it asks for cd1
> > again,and loads some more files.when i click on shortcut,it comes up
with
> > something like `can`t find doom 3 disk 1`...uninstalled and tried
> > again-same
> > thing....after waiting these few months,well i`m pretty pissed off!!
> > my system is a little bit old by todays standards,but is above the
minimum
> > requirements
> > athlon xp 2600+,512 ddr ram,ati radeon 9200 128mb video direct x
> > 9.0b,windows xp pro
> > my thinking is that it`s windows,in that i also purchased the old game
> > `IL76 sturmovick` and when i click that shortcut,it can`t find the cd
> > either...please someone shed some light on this...thanks :-}
>
> OK, sorry if this sounds like a stoopid question but better safe than
> sorry - you do know you have to have disk 1 in the drive in order to play
> (unless you download a no-cd crack)...
>
> h
>
>
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and before anyone corrects me,it`s IL-2 sturmovik,not IL-76...but i just
tried loading that onto my laptop(meets the min. requirements) but WIN-ME
and same problem...so i d/l a no-cd patch and it works fine now.... (geuss
the actual games was faulty) oh,well... :-}
"dusty" <dusty66.DeleteThis@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:uK6gf.22721$Hj2.10165@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> yep,sure did....asked the same question on newsgroup for `windows xp` and
> amongst all the abusive replies (i DARED to mention a game and thought XP
> was at fault) i recieved 1 reply from a kindly gent who suggested that D3
> (and a few other games)have an anti-piracy thing built-in that reads hdd
and
> looks for any sort of cd-burning software eg. NERO,ADAPTEC etc.(so i
> formatted and put XP on again-this time without my cd burner plugged in
and
> only my cd player)AND GUESS WHAT....bugger me,it works...he was
> right!!!!!but the full game runs unplayably sluggish (just like the demo
> did)and i`m thinking that its jammed on max resolution...even if i click
on
> 640 by 480 and NO to fullscreen and `apply changes` it still looks too
good
> for min.res and stays in full screen ...if i go to D3 folder and
right-click
> on all 3 items,click properties then un-click read-only and apply etc. it
> still goes back to `read-only`....is that what`s jamming the res. onto
> max????this is a game i`d been looking forward to,and i`m very
> disappointed...any help with the graphics problem is appreciated ( the
ATI
> card SHOULD be more than sufficient) many thanks :-}
> "h" <h@@at@@howiem.com> wrote in message
> news:aQHff.11418$Lw5.1074@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > "dusty" <dusty66.DeleteThis@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:kFfef.17961$Hj2.15263@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > hi,all...finally got hold of a faster system capable of running d3.had
> the
> > > demo for a few months and finally loaded it up,but the graphics setup
> > > seemed
> > > stuck on 1600 by 1200 and totally unplayable.so i went and bought the
> full
> > > game on cd,rushed home and loaded the 3 cd`s in.then it asks for cd1
> > > again,and loads some more files.when i click on shortcut,it comes up
> with
> > > something like `can`t find doom 3 disk 1`...uninstalled and tried
> > > again-same
> > > thing....after waiting these few months,well i`m pretty pissed off!!
> > > my system is a little bit old by todays standards,but is above the
> minimum
> > > requirements
> > > athlon xp 2600+,512 ddr ram,ati radeon 9200 128mb video direct x
> > > 9.0b,windows xp pro
> > > my thinking is that it`s windows,in that i also purchased the old game
> > > `IL76 sturmovick` and when i click that shortcut,it can`t find the cd
> > > either...please someone shed some light on this...thanks :-}
> >
> > OK, sorry if this sounds like a stoopid question but better safe than
> > sorry - you do know you have to have disk 1 in the drive in order to
play
> > (unless you download a no-cd crack)...
> >
> > h
> >
> >
>
>
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