Getting A "Cyclic Redundancy Check" When Installin

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 10. Jan 2009, 17:21

I am trying to install Windows XP SP3 as a guest on a Ubuntu 8.10 host. I am following along with the instructions in the manual and everything goes great until the XP install gets about half way completed. I keep getting a "Cyclic Redundancy Error" which stops the installation. I found in one post on this forum where someone "enabled pass through" when mounting the CD/DVD drive and I did this but this also failed with a "No bootable medium in disc drive" error.

Am I completely missing the boat here? What am I doing wrong?

All help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Post by **TerryE** » 10. Jan 2009, 18:45

Have you tried cleaning your media? This sort of error is usually nothing to do with VBox, and all to do with physical read errors on the CD/DVD.

umechanism · Post by **umechanism** » 12. Jan 2009, 15:20

I took the disc out, wiped it, and put it back in the disc drive and the install completed without a hitch. I never would have guessed that. Thank you for the help!

Post by **TerryE** » 12. Jan 2009, 17:27

Glad to help.