Final Fantasy VIII cd-rom problem

When installing Final Fantasy 8 for the PC, the setup assign the first Cd-rom drive it detects. The game will not work if you play it using a different drive. To solve this problem try this."After installing the game to whatever directory you choose (I will use E:\FF8 in my example since it is a non-standard installation path), mount/insert the first CD into your drive.

Take note to what drive (letter) you will be using to mount/insert the first CD (I will use S. After having done so, open up your registry editor. (For those who are new to this:


1.  Click your start button
2.  Click run
3.  Type in regedit and hit enter

In regedit, find the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII\1.00

Again, for those of you new to regedit, simply browse through the following folders (in this order) until the pane on your right displays several items, of which one will be "DataDrive".
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Square Soft, Inc FINAL FANTASY VIII 1.00

Right click on the string value labelled "DataDrive" (it will have an icon with the letters ab on it to the left of it) in the right pane of the regedit browser.

Click "Modify"

In the field marked "Value Data" which is the only field you can change, it will probably display something like "c:"

This is where knowing your installation cd drive letter comes into play

Change the "c:" to whatever drive you installed FF8 with (for example "s:\")

Click OK

Close regedit.