"Cannot locate CD" for Rugby 2004

[JK1966]

I have bought a legit Rugby 2004 game but it wont run and comes up with "Cannot Locate CD-ROM". I have updated all my drivers, closed all running progs in Task Manager but still no joy. Any suggestions? EA Sports helpline think it might be because I have a CD RW. Don't most people now! Any help welcome.

[krondike]

If your CD-RW is new....it's a very big problem.
If it's an old one...don't be supprised.

Please tell us your specific, hardwares and softwares.

Or use no-cd fix!

[TippeX]

hmm safedisc 2 protected.. perhaps you have a blacklisted program installed on your system such as alcohol, daemon etc, because if these are installed (and you are using a legitimate cd) the cdcheck will fail which would explain whats happening ...

[JK1966]

The CD RW is LG GCE 8240B
OS is XP

I am running CloneCD and Nero - would this have an affect? Are these blacklisted?

Do you know where I can find a no cd fix for this game?

Many thanks

[RincewindTheWiz]

Some versions of Clonecd come with a virtual cd program, make sure that's not running.

[TippeX]

yep i think clonecd virtual drive (if not the clonecd drivers themselves) could well be blacklisted.. nero afaik is not blacklisted (considering it isnt really a threat when it comes to copying protected cd's as it cant really do any heh)