Sims 1 won't start

I think Sims 1 has SafeDisc which has the same issue as SecuRom. I haven't tried myself.

@MsPrissy88 Do you get an error message or what happens ? Here's a discussion on this at MTS: http://modthesims.info/t/561235

"crinrict;14227046" wrote:
I think Sims 1 has SafeDisc which has the same issue as SecuRom. I haven't tried myself.

@MsPrissy88 Do you get an error message or what happens ? Here's a discussion on this at MTS: http://modthesims.info/t/561235

Yeah, @crinrict. The Sims 1 disk does indeed have that SafeDisc which will not let it install/run/whatever with Windows 10.

But, thanks for the link. I'll have a look.

"MsPrissy88;14203277" wrote:
@hellojewby - Did you ever come across anything regarding TS1 and Windows 10?? I ask because, since I upgraded to Win10, I can't get my original game to work. And it worked just fine when I had Win8.1. I'm still wondering if it's because of 10. But, that's what I don't get. Windows 10 has EVERY kind of backward compatibility.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/859239/to-let-your-sims-collection-or-individual-downloads-up-to-making-magic-work-on-windows-10?new=1

Hope that helps you @MsPrissy88

"mcrudd;14236753" wrote:

"MsPrissy88;14203277" wrote:
@hellojewby - Did you ever come across anything regarding TS1 and Windows 10?? I ask because, since I upgraded to Win10, I can't get my original game to work. And it worked just fine when I had Win8.1. I'm still wondering if it's because of 10. But, that's what I don't get. Windows 10 has EVERY kind of backward compatibility.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/859239/to-let-your-sims-collection-or-individual-downloads-up-to-making-magic-work-on-windows-10?new=1

Hope that helps you @MsPrissy88

The only problem @mcrudd is that Windows 10 will not *let* the disk even spin up to the point where I could see the "install The Sims". This is because back then, EA used SafeDisk to protect whatever, and Windows doesn't even recognize this.

I mean, I *thank you* you "showing" me how *you* got it to work on your system, but I have tried everything. And since it won't work (for me, on 10), I just have to wait until I can get my laptop fixed. At least I know it worked on my Vista laptop.

Thats very strange, because I just reinstalled all of my sims 1 disks just a few days ago, long after updating to windows 10. Are you sure the disks are not damaged or your cd player is not faulty in any way?

Just to add, I had to click on the disk icon to get it to start spinning, it did not auto start. But once I double clicked on the disk icon it started running no problem.

@mcrudd - The disks are fine. I cleaned them during the summer when I was installing them on my Windows 8.1 system. Then I recleaned them again right after I had upgraded to 10.

I also did what you said in the next step..... clicking on the icon. It still won't work - or, spin up.

mmm and have you tested another disk in your diskdrive, maby its faulty. I know I am probably asking silly questions and you must be so frustrated but I am clueless and is just trying to help. I had my old computer not install my sims 3 because my disk was faulty, and I thought it was my sims 3 disks.

Noooo... there's nothing wrong with my disk drive. Trust me, you're not asking silly questions. Yes, I am frustrated, but not with you. In a way, I am mad at myself *for* upgrading to Windows 10 (because I can no longer play the original series), but I'm more mad at Microsoft for their stuuuupid thinking that *this* (10) is a whole lot better than we already had!

Is it just the first one that is causing this ? Perhaps you can download the first edition from a website (no idea where but I am sure there is a safe site somewhere) and then try your second disk and see if it does the same. I am really at a loss at how to help you, I wish I could though.