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Cant find the CD??

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romar05

Post Thu May 15, 2003 8:19 pm

Cant find the CD??

I have been playing freelancer for about a week or so now, never really taking the CD out. I took it out today to burn an audio CD, then when I put it back in it and tried to play it loads the autorun and then when i click play a window called "Cannot locate the CD-ROM" comes up with the error "Please eject and re-insert the CD-ROM, select OK and restart application" I have restarted my computer and all that stuff and its still doin it. I have not yet reinstalled the game. I was wondering if i uninstall it will it save my saved games?

TheJkWhoSaysNi

Post Thu May 15, 2003 8:37 pm

If you have 2 cd drives (Maybe a ROM and a RW) try putting it in the other one, i believe it has to go in the one you installed it from...

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romar05

Post Thu May 15, 2003 8:51 pm

no i only have one... i tried to reinstall it, same error happening. i have a laptop running XP home edition with enough of everything ( i played the game just fine for about a week), i just took the CD out once now it wont take it back. Im gonna just try shutting down my comp for a while. ANYONE PLEASE HELP. I was just getting hopelessly addicted....

Lt Cmdr. Ajim

Post Fri May 16, 2003 6:02 am

what your specs of that RW? how long have you been using it?

argh i'm never gonna get paid, Goodbye a million credits

Capt. Red Legs

Post Sat May 17, 2003 2:51 am

Anything that effects your drive letters can cause this. (Adding or removing drives, using a Ramdrive, etc.)
I had the same problem after installing a new cd drive. I fixed it by running regedit (win98)
>start>run type in regedit
Click the little Plus signs (+)next to the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then Software
then Microsoft
then Microsoft Games
then Freelancer
then 1.0 (this may vary if you've modded)

Look for the value "CDPath" and right-click it.
Choose "Modify" and change the LETTER to the drive letter of the CD drive you want to use.
Note: Change the Letter only! Ensure that a complete path statement is there before saving.
I.E. "D:\"

You must restart your machine for this change to take effect.

<<CAUTION - EMPHATIC STATEMENT!!!>>
REGEDIT is a powerful and wicked tool that can damage your operating system if used carelessly!! Backup your registry before using if you are new at it!! DO NOT fool around in there!! You have been warned!!
<<END OF EMPHATIC STATEMENT>>

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