lol I bought mine as well

from ebgames. But I use the nocd file simply so the dvd is safe in its case, and my dvd drive is always free. Not everyone whos uses nocd files are crims lol Yea u can try the nocd file from gamecopyworld. back up your original file first though. Its the retail 1.04 cnc3game.dat file thats replaced..assuming you've patched your game to 1.04 of course..