GPL install on Windows ME

I just bot GPL, French edition. My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, running on Windows Me. When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the wonderfull engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start, It says that I do not have the proper CD in, which is not the case. E-mailed Sierra, and the reply was as simple as: "we do not recomment our product on Windows Me". Altough a friend of mine installed the game on his computer, with windows Me without any problem. I have other computer at home, and old P133 running out of HD space, on Windows 95. Tried to install there, just to make sure that there's nothing wrong with the CD, and the installation starts OK there (I had to stop due to the lack of disk space). What can I do to overcome this? Suppose that if able to go trough this "barrier" which says that the inserted CD is not the right one, the install will go ok. But how?? HELP.

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> > I just bot GPL, French edition. > My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, running on > Windows Me. > When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the wonderfull > engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start, It > says that I do not have the proper > CD in, which is not the case. > E-mailed Sierra, and the reply was as simple as: "we do not recomment our > product on Windows Me". Altough a friend of mine installed the game on his > computer, with windows Me > without any problem. > I have other computer at home, and old P133 running out of HD space, on > Windows 95. > Tried to install there, just to make sure that there's nothing wrong with > the CD, and the installation starts OK there (I had to stop due to the lack > of disk space). > What can I do to overcome this? Suppose that if able to go trough this > "barrier" which says that the inserted CD is not the right one, the install > will go ok. But how?? HELP.

Sounds like a problem I've encountered before with other programs when I try & install from my cd-burner. If you have a regular cd drive as well, try using that. If this doesn't pertain to you, then... carry on. <g> -- Chuck Kandler

Good point, Chuck. I have a IomegaZip 8x4x32 cd burner. Let my try something at this front. Thanks for bringing some light! "Uncle Fester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > paulo_paula wrote: > > > > I just bot GPL, French edition. > > My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, runningon > > Windows Me. > > When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen thewonderfull > > engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start,It > > says that I do not have the proper > > CD in, which is not the case. > > E-mailed Sierra, and the reply was as simple as: "we do not recommentour > > product on Windows Me". Altough a friend of mine installed the game onhis > > computer, with windows Me > > without any problem. > > I have other computer at home, and old P133 running out of HD space, on > > Windows 95. > > Tried to install there, just to make sure that there's nothing wrongwith > > the CD, and the installation starts OK there (I had to stop due to thelack > > of disk space). > > What can I do to overcome this? Suppose that if able to go trough this > > "barrier" which says that the inserted CD is not the right one, theinstall

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> > will go ok. But how?? HELP. > > > Sounds like a problem I've encountered before with other programs when I > try & install from my cd-burner. If you have a regular cd drive as > well, try using that. If this doesn't pertain to you, then... carry on. > <g> > > -- > > Chuck Kandler

"paulo_paula" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95hjn7$a0d$[email hidden]... > I just bot GPL, French edition. > My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, runningon > Windows Me. > When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the wonderfull > engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start,It > says that I do not have the proper > CD in, which is not the case. I've had similar problems with other games, such as Alpha Centauri, etc. It's a copy protection scheme aimed at twarting CD burners. However, if your only CD-ROM drive is a CD burner, then you are out of luck. However, you can go to gamecopyworld.com and download an executable that doesn't check your cd drives for anything. Yousuf Khan

Yousuf/Fester, I got it installed. How?? May sound stupid that I didn't try it before, but I did install it using the DVD player.... But thanks to both of you, without yr heads up that the problem was with the cd burner I wud still be blaming Windows Me... "Yousuf Khan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SZ7f6.67640$[email hidden]...

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> "paulo_paula" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:95hjn7$a0d$[email hidden]... > > I just bot GPL, French edition. > > My computer is a Pentium800,128 mb ram, ProphetII Gts Pro board, running > on > > Windows Me. > > When I try to install GPL, It does the sound test, I listen the

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> > engine sound, everything OK. Then when isntall is really about to start, > It > > says that I do not have the proper > > CD in, which is not the case. > > I've had similar problems with other games, such as Alpha Centauri, etc. > It's a copy protection scheme aimed at twarting CD burners. However, if

your > only CD-ROM drive is a CD burner, then you are out of luck. However, youcan > go to gamecopyworld.com and download an executable that doesn't check your > cd drives for anything. > > Yousuf Khan > >

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> > Yousuf/Fester, I got it installed. How?? > May sound stupid that I didn't try it before, but I did install it using > the DVD player.... > But thanks to both of you, without yr heads up that the problem was with > the cd burner > I wud still be blaming Windows Me...

Very cool. Glad to be of help. -- Fester

Don't know... but really never had any other problem with any other cd (game or not) than GPL. And now GPL already installed, then...

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> > That's interesting, but kinda strange to me, as I installed it via a > CD burner on my system, with no problems. Mine is 98, not ME, but the > burner is the only drive I have, so I had no choice about it anyway. > > Not that I'm disputing the fact that it worked for you, but perhaps > there is some other problem with your drive other than the mere fact > that it's a burner? > > Marc