DVD will not read

**Hrothgar Óhreinsaður** · May 15, 2009, 01:38 AM

The M2TW DVD will read, but when I insert the Kingdoms DVD into my drive, it makes an odd noise and doesn;t read it at all (not in windows explorer). Is there anything on the Kingdoms Disc that isn't on M2TW, short of the extra campaigns?

**irishron** · May 15, 2009, 02:36 AM

Medieval2 will play alone. Kingdoms has all the Medieval2 updates as wellas the Kingdoms campaigns. It could just be a bad dvd. Do you have another computer you try it in?

**Hrothgar Óhreinsaður** · May 15, 2009, 11:59 AM

I understand that Medieval will play alone, as I have been playing it for a few days now. I tried the Kingdoms expansion disc last night, and it just wouldn't read. Is there anything in the Kingdoms expansion that adds units or anything else to the regular game's campaign, or is it only the four new campaigns? I will be trying the Disc in another drive to make sure it isn't faulty.

**irishron** · May 15, 2009, 12:16 PM

It wouldn't the first bad dvd Sega's made. You'll find others in this forum.

**Nakharar** · May 15, 2009, 01:28 PM

Omg i had the exact same thing it even made a wierd noise, however i tell you what i did do, i put it in it didnt work, i turned off pc, turned back on and quickly took out CD, then put back in as soon as windows had started up properly and then i tried that again, it worked and that time.

Then i put Kingdoms CD thing in didnt work so i took out by restarting and put back in and it didnt work did that a few times before it worked and then the times after that i had to do the same things a few times until it graudually went after a few days and i can play anytime now

**Hrothgar Óhreinsaður** · May 15, 2009, 02:08 PM

Nakharar, thanks for the advice; however, I have tried that, as well as uninstalling my drive, rebooting, and trying it all over again. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked for the Kingdoms disc, though the M2TW disc works fine, and I have been trying for an hour straight. I am going to try the disc in another machine, and, if it doesn't work, I will contact SEGA for a new disc.

Now, can anyone answer my question:
Is there anything in the Kingdoms expansion that adds units or anything else to the regular game's campaign, or is it only the four new campaigns?

**irishron** · May 15, 2009, 02:52 PM

What other programs do you have installed?

**Hrothgar Óhreinsaður** · May 15, 2009, 03:49 PM

Let's try this again.

Is there anything in the Kingdoms expansion that adds units or anything else to the regular game's campaign, or is it only the four new campaigns?

**Hrothgar Óhreinsaður** · May 15, 2009, 03:57 PM

I am running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
The programs I have installed are as follows:
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
Adobe Reader 7.0
Alcohol 120%
BitDefender Professional Edition
DirectX 9.0c
Divx Web Player
IconSaver
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1
Medieval II Total War
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Premium
Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistributable Package 1.1
Mozilla Firefox (3.0.8)
Nero 6 Ultra Edition
Nero BurnRights
Opera 9.52
Paint Shop Pro 5.03 ESD
Rome - Total War v1.3
Soulseek Client 156c
Spybot Search and Destroy
VideoLAN VLAC media player 0.8.6d
Winamp
Windows Media Player 9
Winzip
Yahoo! Messenger

**irishron** · May 15, 2009, 04:04 PM

Alcohol120% and Nero just killed your chances of installinf Kingdoms. The copy protection of this game is Securom and Securom deems possible illegal activity. You will get some strange errors out of the blue and no explanation why.

You uninstall them you have a chance. You reinstall them after you install Kingdoms, you have a very good chance of strange behavior from the including refusing to run.

It's your choice and Sega doesn't care.

Because of these being against the ToS of this site I am obliged to close this thread.