Reading CD Troubles

Ouch. I assume your drives haven't ever exhibited this behavior. If it is readable enough to install the game, it should be possible to just make a copy of the disc, something you should do anyway for backup purposes. After making the image of it, burn a new copy to cdr and see if the behavior continues. It almost certainly won't, and this would mean a defective or damaged CD.

If you have another computer, you could also try it on that.
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Shrap - the original SE community

Does the copy work better than the original?

and I have the same issue. Have not tried to copy it yet, hopefully that works. Its the EB Games Bonus edition..

Also..%@W^ CD keys. On the outside of a flimsy paper case, no less. Weak.

EDIT: copying setup.exe to the hard drive worked.

Well just installed mine and worked fine, have to agree the key code on paper sleeve is rather cheap.

Take a magic marker, and write the CD key directly onto the top of the CD. Before you lose the stupid little paper cd key, and have a bajillion headaches looking for it six months from now.

Well the original cd anyway had the artwork on it so instead of using a sharpy on it wrote it in the manual.

I tend to lose the manual before I lose the CD, so I like it to be right there when I install, no matter what.

Another method if you make a backup CD, is to add a cd-key.txt file to the root directory.

Chuckle nah I have a drawer full of nothing but manuals finding the cd's(or disks) on the other hand might be hard...looks at Bards Tale manual

I take it you mean the new Bards Tale and not the orginal?
BTW - How did they compair?

Never tried the new one so couldn't say.