One specific CD won't autorun

[asturt]

I was trying to install "Escape from Monkey Island" when it froze
after I switched CDs as the install wizard instructed. I had to reboot
by laptop to close the install window. But now the Monkey Island CDs
won't autorun. Any other CD I place in the drive autoruns just fine.

I cannot complete the install of Monkey Island. I have tried running
the setup.exe directly, but the install fails because I have to swap
the disks to complete it.

What I want to do is figure out what is blocking the autorun and get
rid of that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Andy

 

[db]

maybe its not worth
monkeying around with it.

what does their website say
about the failure with the program.

- db
I was trying to install "Escape from Monkey Island" when it froze
after I switched CDs as the install wizard instructed. I had to reboot
by laptop to close the install window. But now the Monkey Island CDs
won't autorun. Any other CD I place in the drive autoruns just fine.

I cannot complete the install of Monkey Island. I have tried running
the setup.exe directly, but the install fails because I have to swap
the disks to complete it.

What I want to do is figure out what is blocking the autorun and get
rid of that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Andy

 

[asturt]

maybe its not worth
monkeying around with it.

what does their website say
about the failure with the program.


I was trying to install "Escape from Monkey Island" when it froze
after I switched CDs as the install wizard instructed. I had to reboot
by laptop to close the install window. But now the Monkey Island CDs
won't autorun. Any other CD I place in the drive autoruns just fine.

I cannot complete the install of Monkey Island. I have tried running
the setup.exe directly, but the install fails because I have to swap
the disks to complete it.

What I want to do is figure out what is blocking the autorun and get
rid of that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Andy

I couldn't find anything on their site.

 

[db]

as a last resort maybe
this can help

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/russel1.mspx

however, keep in mind that before
the issue of virus and spyware became
an epidemic and required countermeasures,
many older software's (not all) were
preprogrammed with basic infections...

as long as your protections are in place
and your recovery/restore plan is in order,
then it wouldn't hurt to try with the link
above. if it doesn't work then it might
be written in incompatible/instinct
programming code.

sometimes you can copy the disk
into a temp directory and launch it
from the hd. if it is a program that
runs from the disk, then you may need
to set up a virtual drive on the hd.


here are a couple
links that may be of interest to you
rather than monkeying around with
that one program:

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?text=free games&tabid=1


http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/4freebiegames.mspx


- db

maybe its not worth
monkeying around with it.

what does their website say
about the failure with the program.


I was trying to install "Escape from Monkey Island" when it froze
after I switched CDs as the install wizard instructed. I had to reboot
by laptop to close the install window. But now the Monkey Island CDs
won't autorun. Any other CD I place in the drive autoruns just fine.

I cannot complete the install of Monkey Island. I have tried running
the setup.exe directly, but the install fails because I have to swap
the disks to complete it.

What I want to do is figure out what is blocking the autorun and get
rid of that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Andy

I couldn't find anything on their site.