CnC Generals CD not working on Lite-on CDRW/DVD Combo

[gojane]

Well - Just in case anyone else comes across the same problem, I worked out what the deal was. Since I started this thread, the OS has gone from XP Pro to XP Home to Win 98 and back to XP Pro.

This problem had nothing to do with Safedisc & Macrovision, it was all in the Secondary IDE Channel.

Device Manager -> IDE Controllers -> Secondary IDE Channel -> Advanced -> change to PIO instead of either BIOS default / DMA 2.

I doubt this is something that I will ever forget!