Thanks you guys, the no cd crack thing worked, so I'm good to go. The disk I was using was scratched so bad that it wouldn't play some of the game, but when I tried copying the files i didn't think it would work cause it went from 25 seconds left to 22 minutes when it got to the scratch, so I kept canceling and finally I just let it sit and it slowed down like it always did and then it started speeding back up and finished, so I have the files on the comp and I can play without the CD, anyway, thanks again, and yes I have heard of end punctuation.