PC Game won't play in XP

[Alessio5]

Hi guys,

I've installed Windows XP with Virtual Box on my Mac, and installed a pc game from two disks (installation claims to be fine) and when I try and play the game it says 'Please insert the correct game disk and restart the application', even when the disk is in. I've tried re-installing twice, and now the game just freezes when I launch it. Why isn't it working? The game is Empires: Dawn of the Modern World and the RAM allowance is 4x the minimum requirement.

[stefan.becker]

Try enabling "passthrough" in the vbox guest settings for cd/dvd. Probably the game is copy protected.

[Alessio5]

Passthrough was already selected by the looks of things. Someone mentioned something to me about making an ISO or something? Sorry, don't know that much about this stuff.

[ChipMcK]

Basic question: you did attach the dvd drive to the virtual machine, yes?
ISO disk image: you attach the image to the virtual machine as if it is the dvd.
To make ISO, make .cdr image (DVD/CD master) via disk utility then rename to .iso

Edited to add DVD/CD master - the pull-down choice