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Goldey
05-07-2005, 15:16
http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?p=284948
^^i contact tech support but they say i have to exchange the CD from the shop but i got it as a present im being seroius please dont lock this
Goldey
05-07-2005, 15:39
i do have the original CD heres a pic:
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/7758/picture27zy.jpg
coffin filler
05-07-2005, 16:21
Even though you may well own the original CD i think you will find most people here will not send you anything (data cab/original exe etc) as this is against the rules here (i think). Bytemare was correct in his post suggesting you contact tech support but i know only to well sometimes they need a good kick up the ass. There is no-way we can confirm that what you show is "your" original CD and case is there because after all i to could easily get hold of the disk print and box image to post on here stating its proof i own the original. (im not saying dont mind im just saying we cant confirm it thats all). Hopefully now you will understand why your original thread was closed.

PS mabey you should name your thread more descriptivly
Grumpy
06-07-2005, 00:23
@Goldey
There are many ways to repair a scratched disc! Read here (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=60886&highlight=repair+scratched).
Sidney
06-07-2005, 01:40
If you got it as a present then ask the person you got it from to exchange it.
DABhand
06-07-2005, 02:28
It is original its silver top ;)
Goldey
06-07-2005, 07:09
If you got it as a present then ask the person you got it from to exchange it.
it was a few years ago and i doubt she will have the recipt
Goldey
06-07-2005, 07:11
@Goldey
There are many ways to repair a scratched disc! Read here (http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=60886&highlight=repair+scratched).
its sort of working but im just not doing it right!
Grumpy
06-07-2005, 07:19
@Goldey
Keep going with it, just dont rub too hard. ;)
Goldey
06-07-2005, 07:36
@Goldey
Keep going with it, just dont rub too hard. ;)
ive switched from toothpaste to some turtle wax high gloss i found in the garage
GLH
06-07-2005, 09:53
You can also get a new cd from eBay. It's very cheap (4,- Euro) !!!
TippeX
06-07-2005, 10:01
ive switched from toothpaste to some turtle wax high gloss i found in the garage


kinky ;p
ash2dust2
06-07-2005, 12:57
Try to read the file from another CD-ROM drive, everyone around you has got one. Some drives can read tortured CDs while others cant.
Grumpy
06-07-2005, 23:55
@TippeX
kinky ;p lol :D
Goldey
07-07-2005, 02:05
OMFG the CD i have tried to read for many years (2-3) has finaly worked i kept applying turtle wax to it and just buffing the surface and it is gone through the installiation with absoletly no props thank you all for your help!!!
Eagle
07-07-2005, 02:15
as long as you can, better make a backup of your disc ;)
Goldey
07-07-2005, 02:35
as long as you can, better make a backup of your disc ;)
yeah defently
Grumpy
07-07-2005, 02:56
@Goldey
Glad to hear it all worked well. Now make sure you definately do what 'Eagle' suggested and back it up.
It does go to show that just because a disc is scratched it is not always lost. ;)
Joe Forster/STA
07-07-2005, 03:24
One word of advice that I, the paranoid person that I am, always do: whenever you make an image of a CD (any CD!), mount the image (Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120%, whatever) and do a recursive file compare between the CD and the mounted CD image. If 1) there are read errors on the CD image and 2) all files on the CD image are identical to those on the CD, then the CD image is - at least, on the file level - correct.

As for the copy protection, it may or may not be correct but - unless the installation is already copy protected, some very evil games do that! - you will be able to install/update/crack the game from the image, too. Good luck,