How can i make sure my cd is a faulty one?

[Billekentrek]

I bought this bloody copy of Emperor: Battle for Dune and i can't even install it. Tried several things and my only option left: it's a defect disc. the install disc has a strange sort of haze over it, the house-cd's don't. This couldn't possibly be the copy-protection, can it? (sounds very ridiculous to me) Westwood claims my cd-rom can't read the copyprotection and that i just should buy a new cd-rom. (wow, thanks a lot westwood, that really solved my problem! #&$%!!)
If anyone has any suggestions (even silly ones, i don't care) please tell me, i'm desperate.