Change program to start c-drive & not CD

This is probabley an anti-piracy measure. The program you are running may be hard coded to look at the CD Drive. You can try the .ini files or the registry if you know what your looking at. Hard coding CD access is not all that uncommon.

You need a program which will be emulate your CD drive on your hard drive. One of tehe best one you can fing here:
http://www.tweakfiles.com/drives/virtualcd.html

Hope it'll help you.

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Have you tried the Bios? On every system, it is a different procedure to boot to the Bios mode. If you press one of the F keys on during the initial start up, which is the first 10 seconds or less when turning the machine on, you will see the machines set up. I don't know what kind of machine you have but if you nose around the Bios you will see that you can set up the HardDrive to boot first, the CD rom as a secondary boot,etc.

Without knowing what program you were trying to install I can't give you a specific answer. But frequently an installion proces will give the user an option to specify the type of installation you want. Some choices may be: 1)run the program from the CD, which installs a minimum number of files to the hard drive 2) install the program files only to the hard drive, leaving library and reference databases on the CD 3) installing the complete package to the hard drive.

Depending on the software, there may be a way to change your choice after the initial installation. Others may require a complete de-install and a re-install of the software if you change your mind.

Your message also gave me the idea that you may have copied the entire CD onto the hard drive without running - or even after running - the proper installation procedure. This will not work.

I suggest you check the manual, the help screens, and the README file for installation options.

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