well...i think i might know now that i look back at what i did...first thing i did was make ISO images of the 2 discs...then mounted the first one with daemon tools and did the install that way....then when it was installed...i made sure the first disc was mounted and tried to start the game...and it kept wanting the first disc....the ISO of the first disc was indeed mounted in daemon tools...maybe it just doesnt like virtual drives?