I bought Portal and I put the disk into my hardrive, but the computer cannot read the disk and nothing pops up! Please help I don't wantto waste my money! :frown:
Hard drive? You can't put the disk in the hard drive
You have a DVD drive? Does it work properly with all other DVD games you own / films? Does the Orange Box / Portal DVD look OK underneath? Any scratches or marks? Is it a legal version or copied?
Try going to 'My Computer' and double clicking on your D: drive, does that start the installation? Alternatively, right click > explore. Search for an autorun / installer package.
Heads up man - if this is the first time you've run Steam, you're in for a number of updates, during which you'll need to demonstrate more patience than most people seem accustomed to. It'll take care of them automatically, but it will take time.