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unmerged(43991)

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May 5, 2005
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Its kind of hard to explain, so I'll try to explain it in steps.

1) I put the game in the drive.
2) I hear the CD spin in the drive as it attmepts to read the CD.
3) I hear a awful screeching or grinding type sound, as if the CD is spinning too fast or out of control.
4) The drive slows down for a second, then attempts to read it again. This happens about 3 times in a row before it settles down, then I can play the game now problem.

I'm pretty sure its the CD. This happened in my DVD drive as well (but it sounded much worse, I thought I had really damaged the drive badly) and does not happen to any other game. I can't just leave it in the drive either, becaues the same problem happens on boot up.

Any ideas? Any way to play without the CD?
 
What publisher version do you have?
Their logo should be on the CD.
 
What happens when you play with out the CD?
 
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