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Oh no. That was the last thing I was hoping to hear. Strangely enough, I managed to install a different piece of software from that very same cd-rom drive. And some cds that I use to back up data seem to read fine.

Hey everyone. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here it is. I've been trying to install some stuff from a cd-rom on to my computer (which is running windows xp professional ed) and i keep getting the message "Data error: cyclic redundancy check". When this happens, the install stops abruptly. I don't think the cd is at fault because it installed when i tested it on another computer. Ideas, guys?

Well, no. The last thing I replaced in this machine was the CD-ROM drive, and that was back in 2001. This problem didn't start up until about one and a half months ago.

Windows 98 Second Edition. Nope, not under Performance.

Hmm... I can't seem to find that tab you mentioned, Bob. After right-clicking and entering the Properties, the only tabs I can see are General, Device Manager, Hardware Profiles, and Performance. I don't see "Start up system, system failure and debugging information" anywhere within these tabs. I tried searching for "Start up system, system failure and debugging information" in Windows Help, but came up empty.

Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention... I noticed that this spontaneous rebooting typically happens within the first 30 minutes or so after the computer is turned on. If I get beyond that point without it happening, I'm usually in the clear. Just wanted to add that little piece of information in case it's important.

Hey there, everyone. Not sure if this is a hardware problem, but I'll just post it here. My computer spontaneously reboots from time to time. I'll be using it, and suddenly the screen will go blank, and then it will go through the rebooting process all over again. It does this quite frequently now. Sometimes instead of rebooting the screen will just go blank and be stuck there, and i have to manually hit the restart button. This is a fairly old system, P2 350mhz with 64 megs of RAM, and I'm using Windows 98 SE, if that means anything.