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By hlentz on Jun 07, 2009

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JUST BOUGHT SIMS 3 AND TRIED TO INSTALL IT i HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GAME TO RUN. iT WILL INSTALL IN A HP COMPUTER, HAVE 2 OF THEM AND i ALSO HAVE 3 DELL COMPUTERS BUT IT WILL NOT LOAD IN THE DELL COMPUET DOESNT EVEN SEE THE DISC IN ALL 3. MY DAUGHTERS HAVE THE DELL COMPUETRS AND THEY ARE ALL UP TOO DATE AS FAR AS I KNOW OF. ANY COMMENTS GRETLY APPRECIATED
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posted on Jun 07, 2009
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antiochpc
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This is most likely because Sims 3 comes on a DVD, not a CD and your dell computers only have CD drives in them and not DVD drives so they cannot read the Sims DVD.
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