Can't Install Stuff

[adam-red]

I'm having trouble installing software from CD. I keep getting messages like CRC error, or "File size is not equal to that expected". This happens when installing some applications and, more often, fully legit games. The thing is, this includes games that have installed fully ok in the past before I formatted my drive and reinstalled XP recently.
Sometimes it comes up with the ABORT/IGNORE/RETRY dialogue, and ignoring the messages sometimes works. Other times it makes no odds, and usually comes up with the error on different files. What I mean is it'll come up with an error when I try and install on one occasion, and on another it'll do it okay and come up with the error on a different file. Again, this is not the case with all programs. Puzzling.

I'm running:
XP Home Edition SP1
1Ghz RAM
P4 1.8Ghz processor
GForce FX5200
Onboard AC97 sound.
120 Gb Maxtor HD
ASUS CDRW 52x24x52 (to read the CD)

Any response is appreciated.

Adam

[John Prophet]

Welcome to the forum!

Do you have another CDRW or DVD player to try to read the cd's with?

You say it happens on store bought stuff AND burned cd's?

Have you tried the problem cd's in another machine?

JP

[Optimus Prime]

Yeah, he's tried it in my machine, they work fine, which is good, seeing as some of the programs are what i gave him! .

I say format, format, format... but it is a quite recent install of WinXP (EG 3 weeks or less old).

[adam-red]

Have you tried the problem cd's in another machine?

I tried it on a mates, but a burnt CD he did for me came up with CRC errors when I just copied some files over to my hard drive.
Oh, I replaced the CDRW with the Asus one last night and still got the problem, and I haven't had chance to test it out on my new DVD drive.

Thanks for the reply though lads.

[John Prophet]

It's all bloody sixes and nines!