Colin McRae won't run..

When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game quits and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought it from game today along with gpl. Any suggestions would be welcome Thanks Craig http://www.btinternet.com/~the.solicitors Great Song Lyrics, No1 And the feeling that It's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yep, get the same thing on my system, tried the tec help line , but its a b~#!!'~#y answer phone great!! Russ >When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game quits >and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". >I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought it

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>from game today along with gpl. >Any suggestions would be welcome >Thanks >Craig >http://www.btinternet.com/~the.solicitors >Great Song Lyrics, No1 >And the feeling that It's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Tried to install it from mu CDR and it works although disk access is slow. It must be to do with the CD Rom drive, mines a brand new Samsung 32x Craig

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>Yep, get the same thing on my system, tried the tec help line , but its a >b~#!!'~#y answer phone great!! >Russ >>When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game quits >>and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". >>I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought >it >>from game today along with gpl. >>Any suggestions would be welcome >>Thanks >>Craig >>http://www.btinternet.com/~the.solicitors >>Great Song Lyrics, No1 >>And the feeling that It's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls. >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Mean My Yamaha CDRW Drive - not a copy ...

Thats funny because mine is the same make, although it works on my p200 with a 8x samsung Russ. >I Tried to install it from mu CDR and it works although disk access is slow.

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>It must be to do with the CD Rom drive, mines a brand new Samsung 32x >Craig >>Yep, get the same thing on my system, tried the tec help line , but its a >>b~#!!'~#y answer phone great!! >>Russ >>>When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game quits >>>and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". >>>I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought >>it >>>from game today along with gpl. >>>Any suggestions would be welcome >>>Thanks >>>Craig >>>http://www.btinternet.com/~the.solicitors >>>Great Song Lyrics, No1 >>>And the feeling that It's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls. >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I see a pattern emerging..... Craig >Thats funny because mine is the same make, although it works on my p200 with

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>a 8x samsung >Russ. >>I Tried to install it from mu CDR and it works although disk access is >slow. >>It must be to do with the CD Rom drive, mines a brand new Samsung 32x >>Craig >>>Yep, get the same thing on my system, tried the tec help line , but its a >>>b~#!!'~#y answer phone great!! >>>Russ >>>>When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game

quits >>>>and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". >>>>I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought

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>>>it >>>>from game today along with gpl. >>>>Any suggestions would be welcome >>>>Thanks >>>>Craig >>>>http://www.btinternet.com/~the.solicitors >>>>Great Song Lyrics, No1 >>>>And the feeling that It's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls. >>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have my suspicions that Codies are using a new copy protection scheme to stop people burning copies of the CD. If you look at it with some cd writer software, the system cannot read certains tracks from the original cd. I am all for stopping piracy, but if my guess is right they may have upset a lot of genuine customers who wanted to enjoy their product, but because their CD rom reader is of a particular type, cannot. Just a guess ? Mat >When I try to run Colin mcRae Rally I get the intro's then the game quits >and says "This application must be run from the original disk..". >I guess this is some sort of protection but it is a genuine CD - I bought it >from game today along with gpl.