Sims 2 Problems

Kboy

Kboy

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I'm getting really frustrated with The Sims 2. I got it for Christmas, and when I tried to install it, It would get to a certain point and then an error message would come up. It couldn't read the disk, so I figured it was a bad disk and took it back to Best Buy. The replacement I got did the same thing. I've been on a lot of forums and I've tried doing a lot of stuff, but I'm thinking that it may be my CD drive can't spin the disk fast enough, evn though it's a 40x CD-RW drive. Is that possible? I'm confused about this whole thing, help! :confused:
 
Kboy said:
I'm getting really frustrated with The Sims 2. I got it for Christmas, and when I tried to install it, It would get to a certain point and then an error message would come up. It couldn't read the disk, so I figured it was a bad disk and took it back to Best Buy. The replacement I got did the same thing. I've been on a lot of forums and I've tried doing a lot of stuff, but I'm thinking that it may be my CD drive can't spin the disk fast enough, evn though it's a 40x CD-RW drive. Is that possible? I'm confused about this whole thing, help! :confused:
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You might have a malfunctioning Cd Drive. It does not have anything to do with the disk not being able to spin fast enough. The read/write lens in the CD-RW might be dirty, or another part of the drive might be causing the problem.

If all else fails, a new CD-RW drive will not bankrupt you... but lets see if we can narrow down the problem.

Are you having problems running any other games, software, music etc.. from your CD-RW drive?
 
Nope

I've never had a problem writing or reading any other disks, until this one. I just cleaned it with one of those lense cleaning things for computers but it didnt seem to help. I'm not opposed to buying a new drive, I need a DVD drive anyway, so I may end up doing that, but I'd like to play the game sometime soon, ya know?
 
Kboy said:
I've never had a problem writing or reading any other disks, until this one. I just cleaned it with one of those lense cleaning things for computers but it didnt seem to help. I'm not opposed to buying a new drive, I need a DVD drive anyway, so I may end up doing that, but I'd like to play the game sometime soon, ya know?
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Well if this is the only disk that is causing a problem then I doubt it is the drive itself, and it would not be wise to buy a new drive.

The best way to help you is to know exactly what the error says when you try to install Sim 2.

If you can, try re-installing the software and when the error comes up tell us exactly what it says.

It is also a good idea to close every application when installing new software.. along with disabling or closing whatever is in the taskbar and disabling the screen saver.
 
Praetor said:
Ok what make and model of optical drive do you have?
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I have an ACER 16x10x40 CD-RW drive. It's pretty old though, I've had it at least 4 or 5 years.
 
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