so i already had issues yesterday when installing that were very similar. i could install it in the end, but it was troublesome.

basically, the DVD is in my drive, yet my computer does not recognize it. it doesn't appear in explorer, i don't get the autorun screen from windows 7 and when i try to launch it from the launcher, i get a Securom notice.

any ideas?

---------- Post added 2011-10-24 at 02:23 PM ----------

well, i figured part of the problem. it seems my disk is dirty. weird, because i only bought it saturday. what are safe ways to clean dust from a disk?