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Date: 04 Apr 2006 06:21:01
From: Betsy Schwartz
Subject: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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I just bought Fritz 9 (from a reputable vendor) but am having problems with
the software complaining that I don't have the original CD and refusing to
run analysis mode. (it does say CD although this is a DVD)
Before I jump into the whole tech support routine, I'm wondering if there's
an anti-CD-check patch to just work around this? Or any known
incompatibilities or workarounds? Or patches? Vendor site seemed very
sparse.
(are there any issues in general with DVD software vs CD? This is the first
program I've bought for Windows XP on DVD)
thanks for any clues
Betsy
(also going to try installing it on another machine, see if it's just this
box...)
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Date: 06 Apr 2006 06:16:45
From: Mark
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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One would think so. But in case of the Linux CD's it was all the same
drive. It would not install from the originals. I created images from
these CD's reading them from the same drive ! After that I burned
copies based on the images on the same drive yet again ! And these
copies worked.
Trouble reading the original CD's when installing, but not when
creating images. Go figure...
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Date: 06 Apr 2006 15:09:54
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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k <[email protected] > wrote:
> One would think so. But in case of the Linux CD's it was all the same
> drive. It would not install from the originals. I created images from
> these CD's reading them from the same drive ! After that I burned
> copies based on the images on the same drive yet again ! And these
> copies worked.
>
This doesn't make any sense to me. I run linux as my gateway server and am
posting from it at the moment. I use Gentoo Linux currently, if you wonder.
I know how drives are mounted and the various ways you can do this. The
install for Redhat is a bootloader and if it is failing at the boot, then it
is likely your media or your drive.
And back to your original assertion that Fritz 9 is having issues with the
DVD. It sounds like a bad drive to me, as I mentioned.
> Trouble reading the original CD's when installing, but not when
> creating images. Go figure...
>
Bad drive or bad media.
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
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Date: 05 Apr 2006 09:36:48
From: kris
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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Hello,
hfs-ChessBase-generic
Download this patch to solve your problem. (eMule)
Kris
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Date: 20 May 2006 01:31:40
From: The Man Behind The Curtain
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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kris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> hfs-ChessBase-generic
>
> Download this patch to solve your problem. (eMule)
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> Kris
>
I did not understand one word of that post.
John
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Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven
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Date: 05 Apr 2006 10:42:30
From: Betsy Schwartz
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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To followup,
I note that this is a brand-new DVD from a retail store, not a CD nor a
used game nor a grey-ket purchase. My home computer has a DVD +/- RW
drive and a DVD-ROM drive. The DVD-RW drive won't even read this DVD; the
DVD-ROM drive lets me install but then I get errors that it is not an
original game CD or not the right Engine CD. I un-installed and re-
installed very carefully, no difference.
The game does install and run perfectly on my work PC, but that's no help,
can't play chess at work.
Oh well, it's off to tech support I go.
(I take it there's no anti-DVD patch? Whatever happened to Nonyz?)
thanks Betsy
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Date: 06 Apr 2006 16:54:18
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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Betsy Schwartz <[email protected] > wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:
> I note that this is a brand-new DVD from a retail store, not a CD nor a
> used game nor a grey-ket purchase. My home computer has a DVD +/- RW
> drive and a DVD-ROM drive. The DVD-RW drive won't even read this DVD; the
> DVD-ROM drive lets me install but then I get errors that it is not an
> original game CD or not the right Engine CD. I un-installed and re-
> installed very carefully, no difference.
>
> The game does install and run perfectly on my work PC, but that's no help,
> can't play chess at work.
One possibility is a network installation and check, but of course only if
you have another PC connecting to your "problem-pc"
Maybe superfluous, but sometimes resetting to factory settings and doing a
new check solves the problem.
Also remember to check the "check" button firts before clicking OK when the
program asks for a check.
And third: check if the proper drive letter is displayed. I have encountered
an installation where I couldn't perform a proper check, only to find out
the drive letter it presented was incorrect.
--
CeeBee
*** The Cookie Has Spoken ***
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Date: 05 Apr 2006 03:20:04
From: Mark
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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CD/DVD drives are sometimes very picky on the used CD/DVD's.
Speaking from personal experience, installing an Office from CD-Rom did
not work when I put it in the DVD drive, but worked from a CD drive in
this one PC. So when installing on another PC I started with the CD
drive. No luck. There it was the other way around and I had to use the
DVD to install.
Or installing Linux from CD. First CD worked perfectly, CD 2 through 5
did not work, not on the CD drive not on the DVD drive. I always make
copies of my discs (if possible) for safe keeping just in case
something happens with the originals. Imagine my surprise when I tried
the copies instead and these did work.
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Date: 07 Apr 2006 01:57:22
From: matt -`;'-
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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"k" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> CD/DVD drives are sometimes very picky on the used CD/DVD's.
>
> Speaking from personal experience, installing an Office from CD-Rom
did
> not work when I put it in the DVD drive, but worked from a CD drive in
> this one PC. So when installing on another PC I started with the CD
> drive. No luck. There it was the other way around and I had to use the
> DVD to install.
>
> Or installing Linux from CD. First CD worked perfectly, CD 2 through 5
> did not work, not on the CD drive not on the DVD drive. I always make
> copies of my discs (if possible) for safe keeping just in case
> something happens with the originals. Imagine my surprise when I tried
> the copies instead and these did work.
>
I have found a few disks on occasion will not install from the
originals, so I go to backups. I found a slightly warped original disk
was the cause - not so much that you could easily see, but enough to
prevent accurate reading.
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Date: 05 Apr 2006 18:09:11
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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k <[email protected] > wrote:
> CD/DVD drives are sometimes very picky on the used CD/DVD's.
>
> Speaking from personal experience, installing an Office from CD-Rom did
> not work when I put it in the DVD drive, but worked from a CD drive in
> this one PC. So when installing on another PC I started with the CD
> drive. No luck. There it was the other way around and I had to use the
> DVD to install.
>
> Or installing Linux from CD. First CD worked perfectly, CD 2 through 5
> did not work, not on the CD drive not on the DVD drive. I always make
> copies of my discs (if possible) for safe keeping just in case
> something happens with the originals. Imagine my surprise when I tried
> the copies instead and these did work.
>
Sounds like flakey drives to me. I have 4 computers and 3 of them have
multiple drives and I haven't had this problem with any of them (although I
have had drives go bad).
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
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Date: 04 Apr 2006 12:54:04
From: Ange1o DePa1ma
Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - Anti-CD (DVD)? Patches?
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"Betsy Schwartz" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I just bought Fritz 9 (from a reputable vendor) but am having problems with
> the software complaining that I don't have the original CD and refusing to
> run analysis mode. (it does say CD although this is a DVD)
>
> Before I jump into the whole tech support routine, I'm wondering if
> there's
> an anti-CD-check patch to just work around this? Or any known
> incompatibilities or workarounds? Or patches? Vendor site seemed very
> sparse.
>
> (are there any issues in general with DVD software vs CD? This is the
> first
> program I've bought for Windows XP on DVD)
>
> thanks for any clues
> Betsy
>
> (also going to try installing it on another machine, see if it's just this
> box...)
The installation instructions are not very clear, having been written in
Gerglish. Re-read them carefully and try a re-install. If it still doesn't
work it's probably just your fault. There are never any technical issues
with CB software, ever. It's always the user's fault.
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