so, im trying to rebuild my computer, and i just reformatted for the 4th time. Each time, my computer has slowly turned to crap in a VERY short period of time. lots of crashes and error messages. At first, i wasnt getting a good install of winxp pro, then i finally got that fine, now when im trying to reinstall my programs (mostly adobe graffx progs) the discs im trying to install from say they are corrupted or bad or cant read from the CAB files.. BUT when i try to install the programs on another computer at work, they install fine.. so what would the problem be? bad memory, bad ide slots, bad ide ribbons? the other wierd thing is my computer in trying to fix has 2 dvd drive (1 dvdrom & 1 dvdrw).. but if i install 1 program on 1 drive it errors on 1 particular file, but if i throw it in the other dvd drive it errors on another file completely.. anyway, i thought it was a bad hard drive, but i just bought this one last week to rule that out.. its still doing it..PLEASE HELP!! thanks in advance!
problem points to the rom drives. try replacing the ide cables & use a cd/dvd disk cleaner on the drives to clean the laser lens
