Incase you are wondering – I am running 64 bit Vista, and have a Samsung DVD drive. It should also be noted that the spare drive was also a Samsung writemaster drive (although it was a different model to my default one) I’m sure not everyone has a spare DVD drive laying around, but hopefully this post will help anyone who does. I am amazed that Activision haven’t found out what the problem is yet, and I have seen a lot of different responses from the company themselves (one even suggested reinstalling the operating system) which makes it look like they have no ideas at all. It was then I decided to try using a different DVD drive (an external USB drive which I had all but forgotten about) and low and behold…the problem was solved! (Update: better solution further down the page!) If you are not sure what motherboard chipset you have or what driver you should download please contact your motherboard or computer manufacturer for help.Īnd guess what – none of it worked, and I wasn’t the only person whos problems failed to be solved by Activision. If you have VIA based motherboard go here and get the latest Chipset or Platform driver for your motherboard.
If you have a motherboard with an Intel chipset go here to get the latest motherboard INF driver. If you have an Nvidia Nforce based motherboard go here to get the latest Nforce drivers.
Please refer to the documentation for your virtual drive software for instructions on how to remove these drives. If you have virtual drives installed on your system you will need to remove them and then reinstall the game with the original disc. Virtual drives can cause insert CD/DVD errors.All background applications must be shutdown prior to running the game.Hold down the left shift key when inserting the game disc.Once you have done this click OK and then double-click on the executable to launch the game. If the compatibility option is checked then uncheck it. Now go to the compatibility tab and make sure that no compatibility options are turned on. Right-click on this file and select properties. Go to the directory where you installed the game.I went to the Activision website and looked through their support forums, and the solution from Activision? After looking around the internet for answers, all I found was lots and lots of people with the same problem.