programs just stopped installing?

[Pat]

I'm running windows XP Professional on my IBM thinkpad I
series laptop, anyway to put it into short terms my CD
rom drive which is a toshiba DVD/CD rom drive can
autoload software and play CD's but it will not install
programs off of a CD, the autolaunch menus show up but
when i click on the install option they seem like they're
going to load the automatic installer.........but nothing
happens? all of the programs i tried had previously been
installed on my machine and then uninstalled?

does anyone know anything about this phenomenon?

 

[Troy]

could be something wrong with cd drive. see if there is an update

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
could be something wrong with cd drive. see if there is an update



.
no actually no i cant install any program on my

computer, i've tried to copy a few small programs and
install them from the hard drive.....needless to say it
didn't work......?

the small programs did the same thing as the CD software
they just sat by idle for a minute and then did nothing?
this looks like its a software error.....and i just
wonder if windows has some record of this problem
happening. PS it's only been in the last five days that
this problem has manifested itsself.

thanks for the help its much appreciated,
Patrick

 

[Pam D]

It seems that am having the same problem. This just
started recently for me as well. I have two CD drives
(one CD-ROM and one CD-RW) in my tower. When I am trying
to install (on either drive) the system hangs (the
CD "whirs" in the drive, then stops). I am able to open
the "read-me" files off the CD. I do not have a problem
with playing audio CD's, using data CD's or even burning.
It seems that the problem is with the installation (.exe)
files. I have tried to install from the Control Panel and
through Windows Explorer with the same results - no go! I
am up to date with my Windows updates and
supposedly "virus-free". I have no clue - as to why this
is happening all of a sudden. Because this is happening
on both of my CD drives - and I see that I am NOT alone -
I do not believe that this is hardware failure. Please
let me know if you find out anything that may help!

 

[Guest]

Pam just post your email or send me an email in about a
week or so at my hotmail account (e-mail address removed)

cause i'm recording all the answers i get from everyone
and i've got them saved in text format and i could let
you know when i find out anything useful.

ciao,
Pat