[shirlshock]

I have a toshiba satellite a105-s2091 laptop and I purchased the Sims 3. I installed the program without a problem but when I tryed to play it, a screen poped up saying "Disc Authorization Error". My disk drive works fine with all other dvds and cds. My current driver is an MAT****A DVD/CD RW UJDA770. If there is no way for me to fix this problem would it be possible to use an external dvd cd drive? If so, what would be compatible with my laptop?

[Megabite]

Yes I would try an external dive as there is some problems with Sim 3 and some Toshiba drives.....most USB external drives will work

[Elvandil]

Is this an original disk and are you using the corect registration? Is the disk damaged or scratched? Does the drive read other CD's all right?

What you describe is not a "disk error" but a failure of the authorization for the game that proves that you have the original CD.

[shirlshock]

It is the original game disk and all other games, music cd's, and dvd's work on the laptop.

[Megabite]

Is this XP or Vista??

[shirlshock]

It is a XP

[Megabite]

Take a look here

http://asilee.com/2009/06/07/the-sim...on-error-help/

[shirlshock]

I have done this and it still doesn't work

[chazshep]

Guys would it be possible to use a no-cd patch ? Doesn't the law state that if you own the original game then you can ? Correct me if I am wrong.