I was very happy to find my M:TW and VI discs at the weekend and last night installed them on my new laptop.

They installed with no issues, I got the latest patches and installed them (said I didn't need the VI one).

Then I put the M:TW (disc 1) back in to start playing. The menu screen opens, I click "Play Medieval: Total War" but then I'm asked to "Insert Correct CD and click OK"

Well, I've got the right CD in, I've just used it to install the game! Anyway, check all the discs and get the same message for all of them an the VI disc.

Suggestions? The possibilities I have in my mind are:

Patch issue: the M:TW patch I down loaded (US & Euro) is causing a problem but I assumed "Euro" meant UK.

Laptop too new: it's only last years model and quite a hi-end unit. Never tried Medieval on it before.

Ideas? Happened to you before?