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by fatnoldguy

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I am getting a "data error (cyclic redundancy check) whenever I try to re-load XP Pro onto a dell inspiron 5150 laptop. It starts when the install screen gets to the gui where there are 39 minutes left. This has happened before but cannot remember the fix..i.e. bad cd or drivers?

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by bart777

That error usually occurs when it's trying to verify a file from the CD.

by older mycroft

You could try giving it a clean, mild detergent under lukewarm running water is about as far as a 'clean' can go. Unless you've got one of those dinky little hand-wind cleaner doobries.

by absolutely

Using "one of those dinky little hand-wind cleaner doobries" may indeed make the disc readable again, but before you begin grinding away the plastic coating over the disc data, try copying the disc to a CD-R. In my experience, disc copying software will slow down and re-scan carefully enough to read bytes that don't pass a cyclic redundancy check.

[wags finger for not having OS install disc archived already, then walks away shaking head]

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