game won't uninstall

[emptyhead]

hiya guys...i'll do my best to explain my problem,fact is i was'nt here when it happened so i'm going on second hand info...my eldest son downloaded a game of the internet and put it onto cd when he installed it and went to play it he got an error message saying please insert correct volume in drive,then a second message... crash analyse cd rom drive could be damaged (seems to be working fine though).iv'e tried uninstalling the game but it just wont go away i follow the instructions and at the end the set up wizard tells me that the wizard has carried out all the maintenance but the game still remains can someone please help my sons immediate future depends on it.....as the man says crap in crap out..EH

[Faustus]

I'm confused.

So a game WAS installed? And now there is some sort of system error? Also the game will not uninstall?

Delete the game, delete is registry entries, delete it short cuts.

But if it caused a system error thats unlikely to fix it.

Be more specific on when the error comes up and what exactly it says if there is still one.

This might also help
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/endpunct.html

[redwudz]

I hope you have antispyware/antivirus programs installed.

This assumes XP. That's why we ask to fill out the computer profile, as I'm just guessing without it.

See if it's listed in 'Add remove programs' in Control panel and if you can uninstall it there. The problem is if it didn't fully load the first time, it may have not loaded the uninstaller either.

If that was a game from a manufacturer, then you should check with them how to uninstall. If not, you may have downloaded a virus.

Try this. boot in safe mode. (Usually hit the F5 key during boot to get the safe mode screen.) This should keep most game drivers from running. Try the game's uninstall again. Try the 'add remove programs' again, also.

If still no luck, delete the game folder in 'program files'. If it comes back again, then the easiest may be to do a system 'restore' to a time before it was installed. If not, a registry cleaning may be needed.

[emptyhead]

Hiya guys..
I done a virus scan and it came out clean.
I think you were right Redwudz from what i have been told
the game did not fully install.Ijust done a system restore.
The error messages he got still remain a bit of a mystery
to me as the cd drive is working ok.
Thanks again for the help much appreciated

E.H