# SecuRom and DVD Drive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securom-and-dvd-drive/482567>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securom-and-dvd-drive/482567 "2009-01-23T02:46:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securom-and-dvd-drive/482567/1 "2009-01-23T02:46:47Z")

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Ok, my sister recently purchased “The Sims- The Complete Collection.” However, when she attempted to install it on her notebook, nothing happened. I gave it a shot and nothing. I tried to explore the CD and couldn’t. A window pops up very briefly and disappears. I learned she had installed “The Sims:Castaways,” which has SecuRom, but uninstalled it after it stopped working. I downloaded and tried the SecuRom unistaller unsuccessfully. Currently, she has “The Sims: Life Stories” installed, so this might be why it wasn’t. Still, I don’t understand why it won’t install this older and completely different game. Does anyone know to manually uninstall SecuRom or any possible solutions?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securom-and-dvd-drive/482567/2 "2009-01-23T02:52:16Z")

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Are you sure it’s a CD and not a DVD-ROM?