Boy, that sure scared me. I had successfully installed the game when I got it, but when Windows crashed I lost it. I finally got around to reinstalling it. I put in disc 1, and I heard the normal CD spin-up sound. The installation, however, didn't get past the first file that needed to be copied. I heard the CD drive making clicking noises. I never heard that before on the computer. I have heard it on the PS2 when that drive took a dump.
I then got a message about some sort of cyclic redundency check. I clicked retry and it still wasn't working. I then tried to click cancel. Then I get a notification asking for disc 2. It was looking for the file on disc 2 (it was still 0% complete). That, of course, failed. I then ctrl + alt + deleted my way out of the installer. Once out, I rebooted the computer. I now got the game installed. I wonder what happened? Has anyone else experienced this? I sure hope there's nothing wrong with the discs. They are clean and worked fine before... Now the big question - is my DVD drive going on me? I only got it in March and it has worked perfectly since then. It is a Lite-On DVD+RW (w/ dual layer burning capabilities). I don't remember the exact model. Also, I updated the firmware back in March, shortly after I got it.