Help!! Games wont install!!

[manslauter]

hey guys sup.. is this the right forum for this question?? anywaz when i put in some games and try to make em install it says : ,,atempting to access invalied adress D:/,, or soemthing like that.. so im sad now.. i need to install a gun encyclopedia, and delta force task force dagger... and these things worked at my friends house.. so its soemthing wrong with my comp.. whaaaaa

[manslauter]

guys help plzzzzz

[sdkfz]

Are these original game disks or burnt copies? - if burnt then their built in security is doing what it is supposed to do and getting around it is both illegal and against forum rules.
or
Do you have disk imaging software that lets you copy a CD onto the hard drive so you do not need to put the game disk into the cd drive? If so the same answer as above.

If neither of these are it - then can you use the drive for anything else? ie music cds etc.

[manslauter]

neither of the 2 first.. well i can use my D drive to listen to music.. and ya.. music and games.. thats it... what do i do??

the games are legal, not burned, well i got them in russia but theyr actualy licended good versions of the game but they worked fine at friends house so its not like theyr illegal or soemthing..

[pam123]

Wait.
The only thing you can use your D drive for is music otherwise nothing installs from it ?

[manslauter]

no games install fine... but some dont.. u see?? some dont some do

[sdkfz]

So - if I am hearing you right the drive works on most disks just not some and the ones you got in Russia definitely do not. Assuming these are good copies (Russia is a hot bed of counterfeit, HL2 has been available there for a long time as an example) have you tried a firmware update to the drive?

What is the drive make and model and the OS you are using?

Do the drives read the disks just from a explorer point of view or are the disks completely unreadable? and finally what exactly is the error message? "atempting to access invalied adress D:/,, or soemthing like that" is not too specific

[pam123]

I definitely recall some games having trouble with some optical drives. The fact that you bought the games in Russia makes this even more likely.
If sdkfz's firmware update won't do the job your only option may be a new drive, ask your friend which one he has.

[manslauter]

well thanku guys a lot for the help but my comp is so scrued up with problems that thers no longer need to fix it it just needs reformating..
anywaz i can get into the cd in the disc drive by pressing right click and explore.. but when i find the install icon it says what i wrote before..
how do i do the firmware update?? im not really sure.. can i find out what the name of my drive??

[sdkfz]

"can i find out what the name of my drive??" - simplest and best best bet is open up the case and pull the drive from the mount and get the info directly from the manufacturer label. At that point go to their web site and look for support and updates.

If - for example- the drive is by lite-on you'd go to the URL:
http://www.liteon.com/liteon/index.jsp
and right there on their front page is a firmware download link, these usually come with the necessary instructions in either an attached text file or a separate pdf.

[Jaggannath]

Or go to lavasoft.com and download Everest... very useful

[pam123]

Originally Posted by manslauter well thanku guys a lot for the help but my comp is so scrued up with problems that thers no longer need to fix it it just needs reformating.. anywaz i can get into the cd in the disc drive by pressing right click and explore.. but when i find the install icon it says what i wrote before.. how do i do the firmware update?? im not really sure.. can i find out what the name of my drive??

If it's going to be reformatted then put firmware updates on hold until that's done.
You might find you don't have to.

[manslauter]

i really hope it will get fixed when i reformat
if it doesnt then i hope what u said works..