Can't read 'readme' file on CD.

[lazyturbo]

I'm trying to install a game, but there's a certain readme.txt file on the disc which cant be read and causes the installation to abort. I go to explore the CD and try opening the file, but it says it cant.

I tried the CD on a friend's computer and he can read the file perfectly fine. So there's obviously something wrong on my computer. Anyone know wut it is?

Thanks.

[Roundabout]

Have you tried opening it with wordpad or word, instead of notepad? Open wordpad (or word, if you have it) and use the file/open command and browse to the file and try opening it that way.

Is it opening in notepad on your friend's computer?
It could be corrupted, or too big for notepad to open. What is the file size?

Are you able to drag a copy onto your hard drive from the CD? If you can, try opening it from your hard drive after you have a copy there. If you aren't able to copy it, your CD-ROM may have problems reading it, and your friend's is working better at reading this CD. If it's not an original game CD, it might be a "iffy" copy that won't read well.

I've had some things on CD-R that won't read on my laptop, but will on my desktop PC. Just a bad copy, that's all.

[jimmalenko]

I go to explore the CD and try opening the file, but it says it cant.

What's the exact error message ? "No, I can't" ?

More info please.

[Roundabout]

A couple of other things come to mind:

Does notepad open with other .txt files on your PC? If it does, the problem is with the CD you have, or the text file you're trying to read. If notepad doesn't open with any text file, your file association may be lost - if you are able to open text files by browsing to them with notepad already open. In that case you'll need to reset the file association to open notepad when you click on a file with a .txt extension.

Secondly, there shouldn't be a reason for the installation to abort just because a text file won't open. If you're installing the game from an executable file (.exe), the .txt file should have nothing to do with it, at least not that I can think of. There shouldn't be any reason for notepad to have to open...during an installation routine.

Since you were able to open the file on your friend's PC, what's in the file that is important? You must have taken a look to see what it was...?