The CD-ROM detection routine in the early EA installers was notoriously fragile. It didn't use Windows' standard API calls—no, that would be too easy. It went straight to the BIOS or the MSCDEX driver level. If your CONFIG.SYS didn't have the right line— DEVICE=C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 —or if AUTOEXEC.BAT was missing C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 , the game would simply shrug and throw that error.

Copy the entire ROADRASH folder from your disc or ISO into this new directory.

It was the year 1997, and 10-year-old Jack was beyond excited to play the new game, Road Rash, on his computer. He had heard about it from his friends at school, and he couldn't wait to experience the thrill of racing and fighting on the roads.

: If the game runs but has no music, ensure the movie and music folders were copied correctly from the disc to your installation directory.