Help! Disk drive doesn't recognize Oblivion disk

[snipperbes]

Hello, i recently got Oblivion Game Of The Year Edition (again), but didn't install it yet. I borrowed it to a friend, but when i got it back i wanted to install Oblivion again. However, my disk drive says at both disks (the game disk and the Shivering Isles+ Knights of the Nine addon) that the dvd cannot be readed. How can this be? I tried playing it on another PC and there it runned the setup perfectly normal, as if nothing was wrong! Is there a way to make it work, or a way to recover the game without having to buy it all over again for my own PC? :wallbash:

[dezdimona]

if your using vista certain protocals must be followed for it to operate.

 

Vista Problems

 

You MUST be signed on as an Administrator to do any of this.

 

If you have downloaded and installed a mod, and the mod is appearing in your Data Files List, but not in your game And you are running Vista, you have run into a security feature of Vista called User Account Control. Or more simply, UAC.

 

Quoted from the Oblivion Mods FAQ WIKI

 

Alternate Install Directory

If you install your Elder Scrolls game into any directory OTHER than the default, none of these problems occur. Thus, you can bypass the Vista security issues by installing the game onto another hard drive or into a new directory that is not located within the "Program Files" root directory (such as "C:\Games").

 

Run as Admin

Another way to fix it is to right-click the ".exe" file and click properties, then check "Run as administrator". Then click OK. Do this for both the "oblivion.exe" and TESConstructionSet.exe", and any programs you are using that copies files to protected directories (such as WinRAR, 7z, or WinZip).

 

Disable UAC

Windows Vista users who are fairly confident in the security of their computers might also consider disabling UAC altogether. This will allow all programs writing privileges to the Program Files directory. Although this obviously creates a state of decreased security for your PC, it is a very helpful one-size-fits-all solution to a number of compatibility issues with the Vista OS.

 

Look here for instructions on how to turn UAC off. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/

 

Of these, solution #1 is STRONGLY PREFERRED. Solutions 2 and 3 (running as admin and disabling UAC) remove important safety features of the OS. In contrast, installing Oblivion elsewhere resolves the problems with Oblivion without reducing your overall security.

Wiki entry on installing Oblivion in Vista: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Windows_Vista

 

Note that unless you opt to reinstall the game in a different location (option 1) when you start trying to make your own mods using the construction set, you will run into these problems again.

[SavageArtistry]

Dez, I see nothing from the OP regarding Vista, and even if he is using Vista, the disks would have to be read by the drive before he could follow any of your instructions.

 

snipperbes, is your computer able to read other disks? I wonder if it's a hardware or driver issue with your drive. I'd try updating the drivers first. If that doesn't work I'm not sure what to suggest since I'm not so good with hardware.

[snipperbes]

Now that you mention it, i think it might be a problem of the drive's drivers.

 

However, it might also be that the Oblivion DVD is a DVD+ disk, some updated form of the dvd disk. It might even be that my drive's that outdated that it does not recognize DVD+ disks at all. :confused:

[snipperbes]

Update. I figured out what disk drive i have (Pioneer DVD 114) and when i try to install drivers it says no disk drive is present. :huh:

[dezdimona]

Dez, I see nothing from the OP regarding Vista, and even if he is using Vista, the disks would have to be read by the drive before he could follow any of your instructions.

well duh me! :biggrin: