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cd-rom drive error

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by smitm

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CD-Rom drive error ??
Hello, my computer works fine so far , it is only if I want to play a certain game I get this message .I have 2 drives and both don't work ! Any other CD-Rom works fine. If I uninstall and reinstall the game new , it works.
Can you help , what's wrong ?
thank you

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by timthetoolman

Which game?

For example I know Bioware's "Shadows of Undrentide" has awful problems with the copy protection, SecureROM.

Some people have had some success by updating the firmware in their CD drives (if you can) and others like myself have ripped the CD using an appropriate tool (I used Alcohol 120%) and used Daemon tools to reread it when playing the game.

This is perfectly legal in the case of SoU as the licence agreement specifically states a backup copy may be made...

Cheers,
Tim.

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