Need for Speed 4 Road Challenge - Club CDFreaks

*Namoh* · 06-08-2003

Just bought and installed NFS4 RC. Install went fine (from my ASUS CRW5224A).

When I start the game it says: can't find CD-ROM, please insert CD and start again (or something like that).

It says this when I try to run it from my writer, but also from my normal CD-ROM (A-Open 36x).

I've got CloneCD, Alcohol120% and BlindWrite installed but that shouldn't be a problem, because it's an old SafeDisk protection (v1.06 if I'm correct).

Any ideas????

**philamber** · 06-08-2003

Perhaps it's one of those games that must be installed and run from the rom with the lowest drive letter. Some of the games released at about that time were restricted that way.

*Namoh* · 07-08-2003

Well I searched the internet and I found a patch which enabled you to play the game under XP/2000/NT. I just gave it a try and voila, it works!!

And there isn't any thing mentioned on the Electronic Arts website about this subject.

EA thanks for nothing.

The man or woman who wrote that little patch.

NDC · 10-08-2003

See if you can find a NO-CD patch...

**xtacydima** · 10-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by NDC
See if you can find a NO-CD patch...

For testing purposes only right .
Please read the rules dude, don't mean to sound rude but we don't discuss such things here.

NDC · 10-08-2003

Not to sound rude, but... I see nothing wrong with posting about NO-CD patches. Apparently, he's already tried copying his CD for BACK-UP purposes. I guess this whole thread would be non-legit then, correct? I'm not supplying him a warez site or anything. I know what's legit or not on the forums. I've been a mod for SysOpt.com, Techimo.com, and now run Xtremepccentral.com with a buddy if mine.

*Airhead* · 10-08-2003

But we do. No-CD patches are hacked copyrighted material.

NDC · 10-08-2003

Coming from the man.. Fine... You're the mod! I can respect that. You guys run the site, I'm just a guest so...

But still, I do find it rather funny coming from a site that supports COPYING CDs.. Anyways.. Just my humble opinion...

*Namoh* · 11-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by NDC
Apparently, he's already tried copying his CD for BACK-UP purposes. I guess this whole thread would be non-legit then, correct?

Well I don't know what you're talking about, but if you read my first post you can see that I BOUGHT this game (along with RA, RA2 and C&C Renegade).

So I have (had) this problem with the original discs!!

NDC · 11-08-2003

That's why I said BACK-UP purpose. Meaing that you have the source as your own. I didn't say pirating.

Anyways, duplicating any disk regardless of you owning it or not is not legit. That's all I was trying to say when they got on my case.

**xtacydima** · 11-08-2003

@NDC
"But still, I do find it rather funny coming from a site that supports COPYING CDs.. Anyways.. Just my humble opinion"

We discuss legal methods of copying cd's
Illegal are co-cd patches, cracks, or anymeans to modify the original exe or any orignal data content of the cd.
Legal are making a copy of the protection by copying the protection itlsef onto cdr. This way nothing gets changed.
Further, emulation is legal as of now as well.

There is nothing wrong with copying CD's as long as its done the right way. I beleive that Namoh does own this game, I just didn't want a mod to get mad at you or close the thread cause of what you wrote. Although more realistically one of the mods here would probably change what you wrote. They are very efficient, Iknow because I have posted here for a while now and read even more than i posted.

*Namoh* · 12-08-2003

Just to make things clear.

I own the game.
And that's why I don't want a no-cd crack.

If it was a copy then I would/could find such a crack within minutes from the net (but I wouldn't discuss that here because I know how it works). But with an original disc I'm not settling for a no-cd crack. Why the hell did I pay the money for then!!

But as I already mentioned, the problem is solved, without a no-cd crack.

Thread closed.

06-08-2003	#1 (permalink)
Namoh CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewhere in space Posts: 6,282	Need for Speed 4 Road Challenge <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Just bought and installed NFS4 RC. Install went fine (from my ASUS CRW5224A). When I start the game it says: can't find CD-ROM, please insert CD and start again (or something like that). It says this when I try to run it from my writer, but also from my normal CD-ROM (A-Open 36x). I've got CloneCD, Alcohol120% and BlindWrite installed but that shouldn't be a problem, because it's an old SafeDisk protection (v1.06 if I'm correct). Any ideas???? __________________ When you're little, what you really want is for grown-ups to make the world a safe place where dreams can come true and promises are never broken. And when you're little, it doesn't seem like a lot to ask. Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships. New rig: Antec P182 Super Mid Tower, Intel Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, Kingston 4Gb 1066Mhz dual channel, MSI NX8800GTX OC Edition 768 MB, 4 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, Asus DRW-1814BLT DVD-RW, NEC AD-7173S DVD-RW, NEC 3,5" diskdrive, Logitech X-540 speakers, Samsung TFT SyncMaster 245B, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 850Watt, dual boot Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.

06-08-2003	#2 (permalink)
philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,808	Perhaps it's one of those games that must be installed and run from the rom with the lowest drive letter. Some of the games released at about that time were restricted that way. __________________ ¿?¤»~Hôw Çåñ ï mï§§ ¥ôü ïf ¥ôü wôñ'± gô åwå¥~»¤¿?

07-08-2003	#3 (permalink)
Namoh CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewhere in space Posts: 6,282	Well I searched the internet and I found a patch which enabled you to play the game under XP/2000/NT. I just gave it a try and voila, it works!! And there isn't any thing mentioned on the Electronic Arts website about this subject. EA thanks for nothing. The man or woman who wrote that little patch. __________________ When you're little, what you really want is for grown-ups to make the world a safe place where dreams can come true and promises are never broken. And when you're little, it doesn't seem like a lot to ask. Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships. New rig: Antec P182 Super Mid Tower, Intel Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, Kingston 4Gb 1066Mhz dual channel, MSI NX8800GTX OC Edition 768 MB, 4 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, Asus DRW-1814BLT DVD-RW, NEC AD-7173S DVD-RW, NEC 3,5" diskdrive, Logitech X-540 speakers, Samsung TFT SyncMaster 245B, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 850Watt, dual boot Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.

10-08-2003	#4 (permalink)
NDC New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank, CA USA Posts: 23	See if you can find a NO-CD patch... __________________ Take your PC to the XTREME!

10-08-2003	#6 (permalink)
NDC New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank, CA USA Posts: 23	Not to sound rude, but... I see nothing wrong with posting about NO-CD patches. Apparently, he's already tried copying his CD for BACK-UP purposes. I guess this whole thread would be non-legit then, correct? I'm not supplying him a warez site or anything. I know what's legit or not on the forums. I've been a mod for SysOpt.com, Techimo.com, and now run Xtremepccentral.com with a buddy if mine. __________________ Take your PC to the XTREME!

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10-08-2003	#7 (permalink)
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10-08-2003	#8 (permalink)
NDC New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank, CA USA Posts: 23	Coming from the man.. Fine... You're the mod! I can respect that. You guys run the site, I'm just a guest so... But still, I do find it rather funny coming from a site that supports COPYING CDs.. Anyways.. Just my humble opinion... __________________ Take your PC to the XTREME!

11-08-2003	#10 (permalink)
NDC New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank, CA USA Posts: 23	That's why I said BACK-UP purpose. Meaing that you have the source as your own. I didn't say pirating. Anyways, duplicating any disk regardless of you owning it or not is not legit. That's all I was trying to say when they got on my case. __________________ Take your PC to the XTREME!

11-08-2003	#11 (permalink)
xtacydima Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,850	@NDC "But still, I do find it rather funny coming from a site that supports COPYING CDs.. Anyways.. Just my humble opinion" We discuss legal methods of copying cd's Illegal are co-cd patches, cracks, or anymeans to modify the original exe or any orignal data content of the cd. Legal are making a copy of the protection by copying the protection itlsef onto cdr. This way nothing gets changed. Further, emulation is legal as of now as well. There is nothing wrong with copying CD's as long as its done the right way. I beleive that Namoh does own this game, I just didn't want a mod to get mad at you or close the thread cause of what you wrote. Although more realistically one of the mods here would probably change what you wrote. They are very efficient, Iknow because I have posted here for a while now and read even more than i posted. __________________ My Rig: Antec P160 P4 3.0E GHz running WinXP w/SP2 Scythe SCMN-1000 Heatsink w/Arctic Silver 5 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 (550W power supply) ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM - Corsair XMS TWINX2048 (2x1GB) 3200C2Pro CL2.0 ATI RADEON X850XT AGP 2 - WD 37GB Raptor's (in RAID 0) via onboard Promise controller Western Digital 250GB SATA HDD on Primary SATA channel Western Digital 150GB SATA HDD on Secondary SATA channel Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (IDE1 Master) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (IDE1 Slave) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (IDE2 Master) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE & set to Master)** Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW!!!

12-08-2003	#12 (permalink)
Namoh CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewhere in space Posts: 6,282	Just to make things clear. I own the game. And that's why I don't want a no-cd crack. If it was a copy then I would/could find such a crack within minutes from the net (but I wouldn't discuss that here because I know how it works). But with an original disc I'm not settling for a no-cd crack. Why the hell did I pay the money for then!! But as I already mentioned, the problem is solved, without a no-cd crack. Thread closed. __________________ When you're little, what you really want is for grown-ups to make the world a safe place where dreams can come true and promises are never broken. And when you're little, it doesn't seem like a lot to ask. Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships. New rig: Antec P182 Super Mid Tower, Intel Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, Kingston 4Gb 1066Mhz dual channel, MSI NX8800GTX OC Edition 768 MB, 4 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, Asus DRW-1814BLT DVD-RW, NEC AD-7173S DVD-RW, NEC 3,5" diskdrive, Logitech X-540 speakers, Samsung TFT SyncMaster 245B, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 850Watt, dual boot Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.

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