CDROM FREEZES

WHEN I TRY TO LOAD A PROGRAM WITH MY CDROM, THE PROGRAM STARTS UP, BUT WHEN IT STARTS TO LOAD THE PROGRAM,THE SCREEN STALLS AND THE CDROM BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN QUITS. I HAVE TRIED TO LOAD FOUR DIFFENENT PROGRAM BUT GET THE SAME RESULTS. MY HARWARE IS A 52X CDROM, MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION. PENTIUM {R} 4 CPU 1.60 GTZ 224 MB. I HAVE RE-INSTALLED THE DRIVERS FOR THE CDROM BUT STILL THE SMAE PROBLEM OCCURS, ALL HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED