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KEVCELT
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_ 		15. June 2006 @ 03:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi just a quick question, ist it possible to play a game without the cd ?i have installed the game onto my pc but i have somehow lost my cd ( i think the wife binned it) and no matter what i do it says insert cd. THANKS just thought id ask P.S game is football manager 06
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Rickster0
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_ 		15. June 2006 @ 05:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes you need the cd or the downloaded image.
Its to prevent people installing a game and them giving it to their mates or something and letting others copy it. You have three options which are:

1. Borrow the game off of someone who has it and copy it (you will need to do further searching on how to copy pc games but it is fairly simple)

2. Buy the game again (either second hand or brand new)

3. Download the game nad mount the image onto a vitual drive which will mean that you do not need the cd ever because it will be on a virtual drive (you may need to search the forums if you do not know about virtual drives but mainly myself and others use alcohol 120%)

lol :)
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geestar20
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_ 		15. June 2006 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check out gameburnworld.com for an image file.

go to gamefix on the left hand side and search for "f" for football manager 06.
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KEVCELT
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_ 		16. June 2006 @ 02:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanx everyone i,ll look into all of the suggestions, p.s what is or how do i get a virtual drive ?
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geestar20
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_ 		16. June 2006 @ 06:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A virtual drive makes your computer think that there is a physical drive there...but it really isn't.

get a virtual drive here, also known (and free) daemon tools.

http://daemon.alphabravo.org/
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Rickster0
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_ 		16. June 2006 @ 06:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it basically saves you the hassle of burning images onto cds and having cds everywhere. You can have it all stored on your pc which is every rewarding if used correctly :)
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keithyb
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_ 		16. June 2006 @ 20:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You should do it with all your games before your wife gets ahold of those. I do it to all mine because I tend to run over the disk with my Chair. Plus, it is annoying to constantly take the disk in and out of the drive if you like to play multiple games in the same day.
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Rickster0
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_ 		17. June 2006 @ 04:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have loads of virtual drives set-up i can just go through my all programs and click on a game with no hassle of please insert cd :D :)
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keithyb
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_ 		18. June 2006 @ 00:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You should make a quik launch bar in your task par and put all the shortcut to your games there. That works better than All Programs.
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depaladin
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_ 		18. June 2006 @ 02:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah but sometimes its better to make it more of a hassle to get to your games - Keeps down the temptation!
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Rickster0
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_ 		18. June 2006 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have got all my games with shortcuts but i was just saying that if i wish i can play any game at any given time rather than explaining i can click any shortcut :) it just made it easier for people reading to understand lol :)
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72morgan
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_ 		18. June 2006 @ 14:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I used to play Microsofts Combat Flight Simulaor with a crack. The crack replaced one file on my hard drive. After the file was replaced the game would NOT ask for the cd, the game played better , NO lag time.

Look around on the different game/forum sites there may be one for your game
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Rickster0
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_ 		18. June 2006 @ 16:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah i prefer it when there is a crack available that will do that but the trouble is there aren't always cracks for games plus they may not always work and if it has internet play then the chances are you can't play online or it is hard because it thinks you have a copied illegal version lol :)
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Harryhit4
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_ 		22. June 2006 @ 07:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Download a no cd patch or buy game jackal.
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depaladin
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 02:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yah - a lot of the most popular games have nice patches which work properly, like e.g. (I know its old) Age of Empires II Conq. and Command and Conquer Generals, etc.
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ofolion
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 08:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you brake your CD or something you can use a crack/mini-image (great site for this is www.gamecopyworld.com)

You probably won't be able to play online if you do this...make a backup of whatever you coping over and you can always try something else if the crack doens't work
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KEVCELT
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 12:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have the game installed onto a virtual drive (daemon) and still it says insert disc when i try to play the game ? will a no cd crack do any better ? help and than x for the previous comments
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Rickster0
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 14:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah either a crack or you will need to find out what protection it has and get hold of a safedisc 7 program or something information on this is around the forum if you search it lol :)
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