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Original Message: You can try installing from a disc image....
First, inspect your disk to make sure that there isn't a speck of something or significant scratch on it. If there's a speck, soften it with water and wipe the disc clean from the hub outward. If there's a defect then another (older/slower) disc drive might have better luck, or you can buy a CD polishing kit, or you can try to read the disc using a dandy (free) program called Exact Audio Copy. Or you might have to use a combination of these techniques. EAC makes multiple reads of a disc to make sure that it has the correct data. It can save that data to a disc image (ISO) which can then be played/read by a CD drive emulator. (I can't endorse any particular one here. Deamon Tools is popular. Do a Google search on 'CD drive emulator'.) You could also burn the image to a CD. I think that the copy protection is only on the Play disc. One caveat here. There will be an ebtry in your registry telling the system what drive (letter) you used to do you previous install attempts. If you tey to install from a different drive then something in the process might not be able to proceed, or you might have to put the Play disc in the same drive. SO, if you do end up using a different drive or an emulator, either re-identify that drive using your new drive's letter or search your registry for references to '3DO' and 'Might', then change drive references as needed. More than you wanted to know, I'm sure. So.... If the disc really is damaged, I think the potentially easiest approach would be to make an ISO copy using EAC, burn that to a new disc and use that in your current drive. Praying couldn't hurt, either.

Original Message: You can try installing from a disc image....

First, inspect your disk to make sure that there isn't a speck of something or significant scratch on it. If there's a speck, soften it with water and wipe the disc clean from the hub outward. If there's a defect then another (older/slower) disc drive might have better luck, or you can buy a CD polishing kit, or you can try to read the disc using a dandy (free) program called Exact Audio Copy. Or you might have to use a combination of these techniques.

EAC makes multiple reads of a disc to make sure that it has the correct data. It can save that data to a disc image (ISO) which can then be played/read by a CD drive emulator. (I can't endorse any particular one here. Deamon Tools is popular. Do a Google search on 'CD drive emulator'.) You could also burn the image to a CD. I think that the copy protection is only on the Play disc.

One caveat here. There will be an ebtry in your registry telling the system what drive (letter) you used to do you previous install attempts. If you tey to install from a different drive then something in the process might not be able to proceed, or you might have to put the Play disc in the same drive. SO, if you do end up using a different drive or an emulator, either re-identify that drive using your new drive's letter or search your registry for references to '3DO' and 'Might', then change drive references as needed. More than you wanted to know, I'm sure. So....

If the disc really is damaged, I think the potentially easiest approach would be to make an ISO copy using EAC, burn that to a new disc and use that in your current drive. Praying couldn't hurt, either.

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