Why cant I install BF1942 on my laptop

[I Like Waffle]

My desktop computer that i use for gaming and stuff recently ate a hard drive, so ive been trying to install battlefield 1942 on this laptop which is a pretty decent one, 2.4ghz dual core, 1 gig of ram, 256m vid card, etc. But i get cd read errors when i try to install it (brand new CDs). Is this because vista is a ***?

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[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Mayby your mother should have kept the afterbirth instead

i kid i kid , just download it and see if that works //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[I Like Waffle]

Well, now its installing. I tried yesterday twice and the cd drive just made weird *** noises. **** vista.

 

[▼)Ñ╩fZΣµ& 10+ year member]

if not installed, copy your whole EA folder onto a potable hard drive and just transfer it o new comp, enter your cd key and create a shortcut and simply done..

then go play some DC and get pwned by me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

It has nothing to do with Vista. Anyone who wines about Vista is clueless and its generally due to user error.

BF1942 wont play on 1Gb with a 256Mb video card very well. If you do it will be in the 30FPS range with stuttering like a slide show. I wouldnt even bother. Why dont you swap the HD into the desktop or use an external HD case and connect it to the desktop via USB or eSATA and install that way?

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

My desktop computer that i use for gaming and stuff recently ate a hard drive, so ive been trying to install battlefield 1942 on this laptop which is a pretty decent one, 2.4ghz dual core, 1 gig of ram, 256m vid card, etc. But i get cd read errors when i try to install it (brand new CDs). Is this because vista is a ***?

No. I have vista and it works fine. Try making sure you have the right drivers for you laptop. update drivers. You shouldnt have any issues.

Remember vietnam starts at disk 5 I think and is considered disk 1 when it ask for it I.E. 2=6, 3=7, 4=8. Good luck. I play that game alot online. great game.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

If he has the drivers installed that came with the system its not the drivers. Either its a faulty drive or he should clean the disc even though it doesnt appear to be dirty. It helps sometimes to just rub invisible particles off.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

Yeah.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Run the installer in xp compatibility mode.

 

[▼)Ñ╩fZΣµ& 10+ year member]

regardless

ea fan fav's dc .7 ftw haha

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Yeah..desert combat rocks. I was an A-10 pilot. I'd take off, shoot straight for above the clouds (out of sight of migs) and stalk the map for tanks. I'd wait till one of my teammates spotted a tank coming toward base...then roll, and drop hard into a nose dive with my joystick. Drop my payload, and shoot for the clouds again.