SC4 won't start

[BtradI1 0]

OK, I have been having this problem for a very long time now. I pop-in Disc 2 of SC4, the drive spins up to full speed, and immediately spins down, slowly. I don't even get the splash screen of the Bridge.

I can get into the disc just fine and read everything in Explorer, so I copied and burned a SC4 disc using Nero. Exactly the same problem that the original disc had. I can get into the game, but that is only possible the first run after I install SC4. (I re-installed SC4).

I have an AMD Athlon 64 3800+, overclocked to 2.64 GHZ, 1 GB of RAM, an ECS EliteGroup KNI Lite, a PCI Express ATI x1600, overclocked about 10 MHZ, with 512MB of RAM, 1536 MB of Virtual Memory, and XP.

Any suggestions?

[Smarty218 2]

Try clicking the icon. No autorun ever comes up for me.

[BtradI1 0]

I don't have an Icon, and I have clicked the rungame.exe in the cd. I'm sure it's not an Autorun Problem.

[Smarty218 2]

Just checking. Check for corrupted files, maybe. Try backing up your cities and reinstalling.

[BtradI1 0]

Do you think I could try to get rid of all the mods, and see if that works? It would make sense, kinda. lol

[Smarty218 2]

Maybe, how much do u have? (gigs, megs, etc.)

[BtradI1 0]

I have 21.4 MB of mods, but very little of them. I am going to completely clear out SC4, mods, Uninstall, and delete all of the huge amount of my 3 small cities. (sarcasm), and see if that works. If not, I'll get back on to Simtrop. Thanks.

[Smarty218 2]

not nearly as much as I have, but if you're running a slow machine, it may effect you.

[tungston 19]

Originally posted by: BtradI1 I don't have an Icon, and I have clicked the rungame.exe in the cd. I'm sure it's not an Autorun Problem. quote>

 

You can create a shortcut on the desktop by right dragging the Simcity 4.exe to the desktop, and choosing to create a shortcut.

I don't think just coping the disk with Nero will satisfy the CD check.  If the disk you are trying to use is also a copied disk, that might be the problem.