So I just came home from midnight release, I inserted the dike, but all it does is make clicking noises and doesn't run. :/ What the hell?

Same for me, you can put in the cd key on steam and it downloads. But the disc just makes noises

are you kidding me?

i mean i payed 60 dollars for a cd that wont even work?

I have the the exact same problem, its pretty frustrating since my steam download is incredibly slow at the moment

Can you try it on another PC?
Can you see all the files (or any files) when you browse your my computer?

Can't run it on another pc right now, and the cd literally doesn't even show up.

I can see the files, but it doesn't want to install them for some reason. I tried cancelling reinstalling, and no nothing is working.

Is it possible to copy all the files to your C:\ and then install?

The disk shows up on another computer but doesn't do a thing on mine. I put in a different disk in my drive and it put up in no time

I love the fact that I can't even attempt to play the game because of some ridiculous copy protection that stores some files online. Obviously the Steam servers weren't ready to handle this. My download has 4 hours to go and has been saying that for 30 minutes. Glad I went to the release event to buy a phsyical copy of a game I can't even play. THANKS STEAM AND BETHESDA THIS WILL BE THE LAST GAME I BUY FROM EITHER OF YOU.

Ok I got it to work. What I did was put the CD in, went to were all the drives are and double clicked the E drive and waited. Then the window popped up.

I was getting the clicking noises as well, but I just let it click for a while, then it ran smoothly.

Also, look at this for info on installing from disk: http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/452910-installing-skyrim-from-the-dvd/

Good find! Can we get that stickied by a mod?

Basically this is what I did, yep.

Didn't work for me, seeing the disk wont even show up