A specific nuance for users in 2024 is the NVMe SSD. If you are running PES 2013 installed on an NVMe drive (a drive letter usually appearing as C: or D:), older DRM sometimes conflicts with the NVMe driver stack, causing the "No Drive" error even if you have a virtual drive mounted elsewhere.
The Solution: Install the game on a standard SATA SSD or HDD, or ensure your virtual drive software (Daemon Tools) is running in "SCSI" mode rather than "IDE" mode, as modern Windows handles SCSI emulation better than legacy IDE emulation on NVMe-heavy systems.
| Pros | Cons | |------|------| | No need for physical disc or drive | May trigger antivirus false positives | | Faster game launch | Breaks online multiplayer | | Preserves original disc | Requires reapplication after updates/mods | | Works on laptops without optical drives | Some cracks are malware-ridden (download only from trusted scene groups) |
Konami eventually acknowledged that optical media was dying. The official solution, shipped in later updates (like Data Pack 7.00 and the 1.04 EXE), was a digital-exclusive executable.
This is the safest fix because it is legal and virus-free. Pes-2013-No-Cd-Dvdrom-Drive-Found
How to get it:
Result: Error gone. Game boots instantly.
PES 2013, published by Konami, shipped with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) system called SecuROM. This software was designed to prevent piracy by requiring the original game disc to be present in a physical drive during gameplay. When you launch the game, the executable checks for specific disc signatures. If it doesn't find a physical drive containing the authenticated PES 2013 disc, it throws the error and refuses to start.
Steps:
Why It Works:
Alters system behavior to list a virtual drive even without hardware.
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Cons:
The Pes-2013-No-Cd-Dvdrom-Drive-Found error is a time capsule. It exists because PES 2013 was built when DRM trusted physical media. In 2025, fighting this error with registry hacks or virtual drives is a losing battle against Microsoft’s security patches. A specific nuance for users in 2024 is the NVMe SSD
The cleanest answer: Find the official 1.04 executable. Konami themselves removed the disc check. It is lightweight, safe, and respected by all major modding communities.
If you cannot find it, join a PES 2013 Discord or subreddit (r/WEPES). The community has preserved these files for a decade. Do not let a ghost from 2012 prevent you from enjoying the last great "classic" PES title.
Happy managing, and may your Master League saves never corrupt.
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The error stems from SecuROM DRM, the digital rights management system used in physical game copies of PES 2013. The game expects a CD/DVD drive to verify the physical disc (common for retail versions), but modern systems often lack one, or the game was installed digitally. This mismatch triggers the error.