Fists full of my own hair!!!

[toolhed21]

Lemme just start by stating that I'm a technical idiot....so any weird computer lingo I probably won't understand....
That said, I barrowed this disk from my buddy that has both
"Hitman: Contracts" and "Thief: Deadly Shadows" on it.
So, I pop the hateful curse into my computer and it doesn't do squat. It spins around for a bit and makes the little light blink but that's it. I tried manually opening it through "my computer" as well as the "run" thingy on the taskbar, but a message pops up saying; "Please insert a disk into drive D".
Now I know the damn thing isn't bad because I've seen my friend play the game on his computer on several occasions.
Any sage advice on the subject would be most stupendous.

[theBlackman]

Some CD and DVD or DVD/CD combos will not run the TDS discs. Check your CD manufacturer site for a new driver and see if that helps.

What are your system specs?

[toolhed21]

So my friend Robby, who loaned me the disk, stopped by the other day, and while he was here I had him take a look at my problem. After about three or four minutes of sitting there with a befuddled look on his face he said,
"Oh **** dude! This disk is actually a DVD and your computer doesn't have a DVD drive."
So, it's beyond me why a game would be on a DVD in the first place. But, as I said before, I'm not the brightest lamp on the street when it comes to this sort of thing.
Thanks anyway.

[theBlackman]

The UK and European versions are DVD. The US versions are CD's. Games on DVD are becoming more common. You might consider investing in a combo DVD/CD player.

For future referrence, do list your system specs, the game origin *European or other*. It makes it much easier to analyze your problem(s). :)