Yep I'm in the same boat as all of above.... I have performed all the checks listed above along with checks in various other FAQ... still I can't installed my new purchased game.... this is a very common problem judging by the amount of posts about it..... yet noone at codemasters has put out any information about the problem I am certainly not buying another cd drive just to play the game If the game didn't work with certain cd-rom drives codemasters should have place that onto the box.