Game CDs don't work

[Dida]

I was up for a litle gaming tonight, so I tried to install half life 2, the installation stopped at 15%, a message declared some file was missing or something like that. I was like 'okay, I will try something else,' so I put Rise of Nations in the CD Tray, this time, the set up process wouldn't even come up, in fact, it froze my PC. Totally crappy, I paid 40 or something for thoses games and they won't even run?? what the heck??

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

First off, this should be in computer talk.

Second off, sounds like either:
a) The CD's are corrupted
b) Your Computer cannot read those disks for some reason besides from scratches, finger-prints, etc, Like an old CD reader.

 

[Dida]

that's okay, i waste my braincell trying to figure out why they didn't work. Doesn't look like scratch is to be blamed. I should have made back ups.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

I understand that for Half Life 2, you need to connect to the Internet server to do the installation...

 

[CruddyLeper]

2 Other possibles'

1) Hardware problem with the drive - the leads aren't connected quite right, have fallen off, or have just given up. Or the drive has given up.

2) Software corruption (malware) giving you grief.

I doubt it is the disks - 2 in a row failing simultaneously and they look perfect? HIGHLY unlikely.

If it's a new drive, might need a BIOS flash - if it's the same old drive that worked before, check the above.

 

[Speedo]

I understand that for Half Life 2, you need to connect to the Internet server to do the installation...

Not to do the install, you just have to connect to Steam and decrypt the game files before you can use them

 

[Dida]

What is "Data Redundancy Check? ", sometimes I get this in one drive, but goesn't get it in another drive.

 

[CruddyLeper]

Essentially a built in feature that tests the stream of numbers coming from the drive - if the check doesn't match with what it should, then the numbers are corrupt (and the drive is faulty, or the disk is).

I reckon one of your drives is on the way out/needs a good clean.

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

I would de-frag your HD if i were you before trying the installation again.

 

[FriendlyFire]

You could try reformating XP
Either that or DVD drive error

Cant think of anything else