Sloooow CD Install Travelmate 431T

I got a hand-me-down Acer with the external DVD/floopy drive. I'm
trying to install the MS Streets & Trips 2001 with the option to
install the run CD to the hard drive so I don't need to pull out the
external drive all the time.

It installs fine with the option to use the run CD (not copy it to the
HD). But I've been trying to get it to install and copy the run CD
over to the HD for more than 24 hours! I can hear the external drive
working and see the LCD indicator, but the install progress hasn't
moved.

I'm thinking it has to do with the fact that 100% of the CPU is used
when installing off of the external drive. It's basically brain dead
to do anything else during the process. Maybe the install program
doesn't have room to run effectively while trying to copy such a large
amount of data... I wonder if I need to change the priority of the CD
drive or add memory or something. Any ideas for a fix or work-around?

TIA

Ed

(Ed) wrote in news:7c6eb17d.0411210922.696023e2
@posting.google.com:

I got a hand-me-down Acer with the external DVD/floopy drive. I'm
trying to install the MS Streets & Trips 2001 with the option to
install the run CD to the hard drive so I don't need to pull out the
external drive all the time.

It installs fine with the option to use the run CD (not copy it to the
HD). But I've been trying to get it to install and copy the run CD
over to the HD for more than 24 hours! I can hear the external drive
working and see the LCD indicator, but the install progress hasn't
moved.

this is usually the result of a bad disc, not your cd drive. i bet if you
look in the Event Viewer you'll find hundreds of complaints about bad CD
sectors. the stuff that is copied to your HD on a minimal-install is
likely located at another place on the CD than the full-install.

you can double-check this by installing anything else from any other CD.