BV Startup Error
jsalemi:
Not necessarily -- I've seen replacement drives for laptops in the big box stores.
ZephyrZodiac:
Oh, well, in that case, I suppose it's down to how much it's going to cost, and whether you can find one that's any better than the one you have.
Argon:
This error is the result of the new (and sucky) Securom v7 protection EA started using, Pets still used the less paranoid Safedisc v4.7 so that's why you've never seen it.
The Securom protection stops the game from loading if it sees any virtual cd-rom/burning software or debugging software. The only good thing about it, is if you have the right kind of burner you can make a working backup for a clean pc using the twinpeak method :3 The protection works with most drives, it's just the other software Securom blocks that trips it up.
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, if they make it so enough people just can't play the game they've bought and return them to the store, and word gets around, they'll wish they'd stuck to the Safedisc version! I can understand they need to keep people from making illegal copies of their software, but making it impossible for those who have bought the game to actually play it is stupid!
J. M. Pescado:
They fail at stopping actual pirates. ARR!
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