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Article #94018Re: cd not recognised
From: h
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:49
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:49
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"dusty" <dusty66@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:kFfef.17961$Hj2.15263@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > hi,all...finally got hold of a faster system capable of running d3.had the > demo for a few months and finally loaded it up,but the graphics setup > seemed > stuck on 1600 by 1200 and totally unplayable.so i went and bought the full > game on cd,rushed home and loaded the 3 cd`s in.then it asks for cd1 > again,and loads some more files.when i click on shortcut,it comes up with > something like `can`t find doom 3 disk 1`...uninstalled and tried > again-same > thing....after waiting these few months,well i`m pretty pissed off!! > my system is a little bit old by todays standards,but is above the minimum > requirements > athlon xp 2600+,512 ddr ram,ati radeon 9200 128mb video direct x > 9.0b,windows xp pro > my thinking is that it`s windows,in that i also purchased the old game > `IL76 sturmovick` and when i click that shortcut,it can`t find the cd > either...please someone shed some light on this...thanks :-} OK, sorry if this sounds like a stoopid question but better safe than sorry - you do know you have to have disk 1 in the drive in order to play (unless you download a no-cd crack)... h
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