Hey guys!

I have a kinda weird problem.

Few years ago I bought games-Age of Conan,Call of Duty 4 and LOTR:Battle for middle earth 1,2 and Rise of the witch king and AION.I installed them and I normally played them.Then some time ago I took Call of Duty 4 and LOTR:BFME 1,2 and ROWK and AION to my friends house and installed them there and played them there.I didn't take Age of Conan though.

Then after some time I took them home.I tried playing CoD 4 and LOTR:BFME again but it didn't detect the cd's.I COULD play aion though as it didn't NEED cd's to run.i tried uninstalling but it still couldn't detect them.So i uninstalled LOTR:BFME.I left CoD4 cause i could still play multiplayer.Then after some time i need space on my computer so i deleted Age of Conan.But few DAYS ago I felt like playing age of conan again so I tried INSTALLING it but again it wouldn't detect the cd.The same went for other games but the difference was that Age Of Conan was the only game i didnt install on other computer and it still didn't work.

So I thought the only problems could be,that the discs are to strached or the thing that detects cd's is broken.So I tried installing all the cd's on another friends computer and they worked.Then I tried installing some other games and my computer detected the cd's.

So i'm a little confused how could i fix it.I did update my video and sound drivers meanwhile if that matters.I run Windows XP, and when i check drivers it says Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A and WTQ MB45INW9A SCSI CDrom Device.

I would really APPRECIATE help.I'm a complete noob about these things so if you have any ideas how to fix it i would be happy if you would leave detailed instructions and if you need other information please let me know.

~MAre the disks you are talking about CDs or DVDs? Check if the Sony Optiarc drive detects other disks. Check both CDs and DVDs. Were the "other games" on CD or DVD?


sorry for being a noob but how do i see a difference between a cd and dvd?and how can i check if it detects other discs?

i just put Guild wars Factions disc in it and it detected itQuote from: majv on April 10, 2011, 04:45:19 AM

sorry for being a noob but how do i see a difference between a cd and dvd?

and how can i check if it detects other discs?

All dvd's don't work and all cd's work