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Vista Won't read diablo 2 disk!
Woodyuk
post Jun 24 2008, 04:05 PM
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i put the disk in the drive, it recognises it as a CD not a DVD but it just won't run it! dont know what to do!
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Abydos
post Jun 24 2008, 05:22 PM
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but it just won't run it!


Do you mean that it won't auto-run it or not at all?

Try right-click the CD
Choose open.
Find the EXE.Installer, double-click it and see if it will run from there.

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Woodyuk
post Jun 24 2008, 05:27 PM
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its telling me there isnt a disk there, tried it on another comp running xp and it worked. i cant open it or anything, i double click on the drive and it just tells me to insert a cd.
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Abydos
post Jun 24 2008, 05:49 PM
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Hi

I assume its only Diablo you have problems with, and not other CD's or DVD's.

Does the DVD drive spin up as if it was going to read it?

Does the CD contains deep and/or many scratches?


Also, I found this page. It is full of possible fixes with CD problems relating only
to Diablo2. Seems you're not the first one to experience this.
http://extreme-gamerz.org/diablo2/viewdiablo2/diablo2cdfix


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Makaveli213
post Jun 24 2008, 07:01 PM
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Hello,

With Diablo 2 you need to run the installer in XP SP2 Compatibility mode for Vista.

    *Start
    *Open Computer
    *Right click on the CD Drive and select Explore
    *On the Setup.exe file Right click select Properties
    *Under the Compatibility tab check the box for Run in XP SP2 Mode and also check the box for Run as Admin
    *Click Okay


Then try running the installer. Should run then just fine.

Cheers,
Mak
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Woodyuk
post Jun 24 2008, 07:04 PM
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its telling me there isnt a cd to open, the disk is pretty much perfect aswell.
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Makaveli213
post Jun 24 2008, 07:14 PM
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Hello,

Have you tried the link that Abydos provided? It has some useful information in there.

Cheers,
Mak
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