Please insert disc, crash dumps, xml parsing error.....

Just a few probs I have been having with fm10. MY laptop won't recognise the fact the disc is in the drive, I have even tried fm07 and nothing happens. When I did have it running it gave me mulytiple crash dumps, black pitches, xml parsing errors. What am I doing wrong? I tried going back to fm07 and even that isn't recognised. Any help?

I would suggest that you read and work your way through the FAQ thread where most of the issues are covered. Ensure first that your computer meets/exceeds the min specs for the game and that Windows, Java, directX and your graphics card drivers are all updated.