GPL: Invalid CD !?

Hi All, Can anyone help me solve this problem? Ever since I installed Windows98 I'm unable to install GPL. Installshield tells me I have an invalid CD. I contacted Sierra's tech support about this and they say it's caused by region conflicts of installshield and my Windows version. I tried changing all language and region setting in windows, but this doesn't make any difference. Sierra tells me there's nothing they can do the $#&^%! Does anyone know a solution to this problem? (Other than buying a new Windows version) I've been unable to drive GPL for too long :-( Thanks, Johan

Oops, I think I just did reply to author instead of group (Blush). Anyway here goes again. I had exactly the same problem. I discovered that if I put the CD in to my CD Writer (instead of the CD Rom) it then installed OK. Hope this helps. Andrew

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>Hi All, >Can anyone help me solve this problem? Ever since I installed Windows98 >I'm unable to install GPL. Installshield tells me I have an invalid CD. >I contacted Sierra's tech support about this and they say it's caused by >region conflicts of installshield and my Windows version. I tried >changing all language and region setting in windows, but this doesn't >make any difference. Sierra tells me there's nothing they can do the >$#&^%! >Does anyone know a solution to this problem? (Other than buying a new >Windows version) I've been unable to drive GPL for too long :-( >Thanks, >Johan

Johan Foederer schrieb: I had a similar problem with another program. It was caused by a CD Rom which is too fast for the installation routines!! It may help if you install from a slower CD Rom. Hope this helps Greetings, Tom

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>Hi All, >Can anyone help me solve this problem? Ever since I installed Windows98 >I'm unable to install GPL. Installshield tells me I have an invalid CD. >I contacted Sierra's tech support about this and they say it's caused by >region conflicts of installshield and my Windows version. I tried >changing all language and region setting in windows, but this doesn't >make any difference. Sierra tells me there's nothing they can do the >$#&^%! >Does anyone know a solution to this problem? (Other than buying a new >Windows version) I've been unable to drive GPL for too long :-( >Thanks, >Johan

Had that problem too and it can have something to do with the drivers for w98 if you managed in w95, BUT on the other side I think it's the CD station it can't handle those oversized CD's like GPL either because it's to old or is bad quality. For me I found out that Papyrus or Sierra had put some enormous sized files in the surface dir to really fill up the CD and in that way make it harder to do pirate copies. That's ok from their point of view but it's not at all funny for those who can't even install the game. I had bought the original CD and had a hard time to produce a CD which worked with my CD-drive. At last I found a solution to the problem but I woun't explain it here as it can lead to more pirate copies of this fantastic game. To make it short I bought a new CD drive later and everything worked perfectly well with the original CD too. Bye, Hans-Otto

Have you tried copying the cd to the hdd and install it from the hdd folder....? Kari