Not Recognizing?

[Samantha]

Okay, so. My family got a new 64-bit desktop last week, and I installed the base game without any compatibility issues. It ran the game; I used Body Shop once or twice. However, when I went to install University and Nightlife this morning, it was as though the computer didn't recognize the disks (there's nothing wrong with my disks, for the record). I guess my question is if recognition is truly the issue, and if it has anything to do with Windows 7.

The situation is as follows: when I put the disk in the drawer, the computer made a sort of screeching/grinding sound, and then settled back down. Then it said to please insert the disk, despite the fact that the disk was already in the drive. Also, I uninstalled all of the games from my computer, attempted to reinstall the base game. Now I'm getting the same screeching/not recognizing issue. Does anybody know if this is this a compatibility error? Or a separate issue with the computer perhaps?

And I have another question, as well. I got a laptop for college next year, and I don't really want to install TS2 on it because I worry that it'll slow it down, etc. But I'll try if I can't get the desktop working. How well does TS2 run on laptops? It's a good machine. 64-bit, i5 core, 8 GB RAM, at least half a terabyte of storage (if not much more). Not sure about the graphics card, other than that I know it's shared. (Also, I don't know for sure if this computer is compatible, either.)

Thank you!

[xXTotallySimsXx]

I don't know anything about laptops, but On mine it works very swiftly and better than on my desktop!

As for the other thing, I just got W7 also and I had no trouble. Try cleaning off the disc or putting the disc in several times. I just got a new CD for Christmas and it made Screeching noises also and didn't recognize it. This may have nothing to do with your issue but it could be the disc being older (Mine was from '99!)

[Amy (In America - Busy atm)]

Dec 26, 2011 16:19:21 GMT Samantha said:

64-bit, i5 core, 8 GB RAM, at least half a terabyte of storage (if not much more). Not sure about the graphics card, other than that I know it's shared. (Also, I don't know for sure if this computer is compatible, either.)

To my knowledge, it will run like a dream on that. I'm currently running it on an i5, 6gb RAM with 640gb hard-drive and 515mb dedicated graphics. So, it will ultimately come down to your graphics card - yet a lot of shared cards are so huge that it compensates for the lack of dedicated.

As for the CD drive, I've not had that issue except when my CD drive on my old laptop was on the way out. Try it with various things that work on your laptop - DVD's, games, etc. Give them all a wipe ore clean to make sure they're not scratched and see if it's just your uni disc.

[Samantha]

Thank you, guys! I wiped each of my CDs carefully with one of those eyeglass cloths and was able to install all of my games without problem. It screeched a bit, but seemed to recognize the disks all right.

And thank you, Amy. I've always been worried that a laptop couldn't handle this game.

Anyway! Now I'm going to hunt down some good CC and hopefully play my game. It's been a long time since I've done that.

Thanks again!