Maybe the CD is causing those errors?</font>[/QUOTE]That's what i've been saying. I had that myself one time, it appeared to be a dirty lense, all it took was a cleaning disc. Damn, a format is the last thing i would do. :D </font>[/QUOTE]I meant the CD itself not the player.

edit: Formats aren't that bad. The only problem is deleting driver programs. (I did a format on my dad's pc and everything went well but on my own pc I deleted some drivers, installing 10 CDs before having the right one :( )

[ 09-02-2002, 11:15 AM: Message edited by: philip ]

I get what you're saying, but the trouble is, it's not just one game that doesn't work, it's every game. I also have two different CD drives and neither one works, so I think it's unlikely to be an lense problem, especially since it messes up at exactly the same spot every time.

I also just did the FDISK thing, reformatted hard drive and re-installed and it still doesn't want to load games.

Anymore ideas? Anyone?

<font color="lightblue">If FDISK doesn`t work, it isn`t a software problem; it is something with either your Hard Drive or maybe your processor. Not something that should be fixed by anyone not sure of what they`re doing. Take it in to a shop, get it looked at. They will isolate the problem and replace the faulty part for you [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

On another windows/ME note i seem to be getting blue screen protection errors about 50% of the time when i shutdown. I have to power off and when i turn the computer back on it runs scandisk. Any suggestions?

Format it. I had it too but I haven't seen it yet after the format.

OK so it may be my hardware, is there anyway to ascertain if my hard disk is buggered? scandisk etc. works fine.

What brand of harddrive is it? You can download testing software from the manufacturer.

Mark

I have no idea what make of hard drive it is, where do I look to find out? and where can I download said software?

There should be a label on the drive. If it's a Western Digital (for example) go here: http://support.wdc.com/download/dlgless137.asp

Mark

<font color="lightblue">Get Windows Updates whenever they pop up. Make sure you`ve the latest patches; this IS a known bug and AFAIK microsoft are either working on it or have fixed it already. </font>