Trying to install Silent Hunter 4 from an (kind of) old disc

Sir Mr Pirate · 05-03-16, 12:18 PM

Hello guys!
I recieved Silent Hunter 4 as a christmas gift six or maybe seven years ago and i was really fond of it from the start. Back in the day it was running on a completely different pc with Windows XP and apart from a feew bugs related to savegames and loading screens it was running pretty smoothly.

My new computer is 2 years old now if i'm not mistaken and i haven't installed Silent Hunter 4 yet and to be honest completely forgot about the game. Yesterday why sorting my discs i stumbled across the game and thought i'd start to play it once more.
Only problem is that none of my readers recognise the disc. i have 2 readers that ought to be able to read the dvd. When i insert the disc into any of the 2 slots they behave like it was empty. When i try to open the drive i am trying to use, it behaves as if i put in an empty disc. Also there is noise when trying to read them so the readers don't just flat out ignore them they seem to be unable to recognise the material on the dvd.
Im runnning Windows 7 by the way.
I tested it on my brother's pc and there is no problem there. He has Windows 7 as well. His disc reader is probably a little older than mine.

I registered here because my computer can read other discs so the phenomenon is only occuring with the SH4 disc and I couldn't find any solution for this on the web. I thoght you guys could know more about the matter.
I'dbe really glad if you could help me this problem really annoys me...

Sir Mr Pirate · 05-03-16, 01:07 PM

All right so i figured it out. I am going to leave it here to help anyone who runs into a similiar problem.
I have read many suggestion that editing should be done in regedit and i also downloaded a little app from the windows support site. It's called Fix it. Why it didn't work first was that it didn't inform me that after using it i ought to restart the computer.
When i did the reader recognised the dvd and i am installing the game right now. I also checked regedit where the drive's lower and upper filters got deleted so the app basically did the same you could do manually.
Hope it helps someone.

razark · 05-03-16, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Mr Pirate

All right so i figured it out. I am going to leave it here to help anyone who runs into a similiar problem.

Welcome to Subsim!

Glad you got it figured out. I'm also really glad you posted the solution. I hate searching for a problem and finding nothing but an unanswered question, or a followup post saying "Nevermind, I fixed it." with no details to help anyone else.

cdrsubron7 · 05-03-16, 05:21 PM

Happy to hear that you found a solution to your problem.

Welcome to our little insane asylum, happy to have you with us.

05-03-16, 12:18 PM	#1
Sir Mr Pirate Nub Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Trying to install Silent Hunter 4 from an (kind of) old disc Hello guys! I recieved Silent Hunter 4 as a christmas gift six or maybe seven years ago and i was really fond of it from the start. Back in the day it was running on a completely different pc with Windows XP and apart from a feew bugs related to savegames and loading screens it was running pretty smoothly. My new computer is 2 years old now if i'm not mistaken and i haven't installed Silent Hunter 4 yet and to be honest completely forgot about the game. Yesterday why sorting my discs i stumbled across the game and thought i'd start to play it once more. Only problem is that none of my readers recognise the disc. i have 2 readers that ought to be able to read the dvd. When i insert the disc into any of the 2 slots they behave like it was empty. When i try to open the drive i am trying to use, it behaves as if i put in an empty disc. Also there is noise when trying to read them so the readers don't just flat out ignore them they seem to be unable to recognise the material on the dvd. Im runnning Windows 7 by the way. I tested it on my brother's pc and there is no problem there. He has Windows 7 as well. His disc reader is probably a little older than mine. I registered here because my computer can read other discs so the phenomenon is only occuring with the SH4 disc and I couldn't find any solution for this on the web. I thoght you guys could know more about the matter. I'dbe really glad if you could help me this problem really annoys me...

05-03-16, 05:21 PM	#4
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05-03-16, 01:07 PM	#2
Sir Mr Pirate Nub Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	All right so i figured it out. I am going to leave it here to help anyone who runs into a similiar problem. I have read many suggestion that editing should be done in regedit and i also downloaded a little app from the windows support site. It's called Fix it. Why it didn't work first was that it didn't inform me that after using it i ought to restart the computer. When i did the reader recognised the dvd and i am installing the game right now. I also checked regedit where the drive's lower and upper filters got deleted so the app basically did the same you could do manually. Hope it helps someone.