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Originally Posted by alplanq
Does it matter that the drive is RW? Is there anything else you can suggest?
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Did you try the following?
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Originally Posted by Indoril Nerevar
An IDE cable is a flat, usually grey ribbon cable which connects your RW drive to your computer's motherboard. You should be able to get a new one from your local computer shop for a few dollars. If you can, I would definitely try replacing that, and also try another drive, if it's at all possible (just be very careful when swapping things around - make sure you don't bend any pins). The fact that other discs work fine tends to indicate that the drive and cable are fine, but it's best to be sure.
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Just to confirm - when you have the disc in the drive, if you open up My Computer, the drive shows up as empty?
You said the mouse pointer changes to the pointer with the disc next to it... Try this, and see what happens: insert the disc, and give it 15 seconds or so to start loading. Then press Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up the Task Manager. Select the Processes tab, and look through the list of running processes to see if anything related to COD4 is running. I don't own the game myself, so I don't know what the process is called, but it's likely something along the lines of "COD4.exe" or perhaps just simply "setup.exe". You could even open Task Manager before putting the disc in, and write down all the running processes, then put the disc in and use your list to locate the new process which starts up. Either way, when you find the process, right-click on it and select End Process. Then check My Computer and see if the disc shows up, etc.
Let us know how you go with all that.