Matlab 2012b offline installation problem

Hi there,

I am trying to install MATLAB 2012b on my PC (windows XP). I am installing using a CD as the PC is not online.

When I run the installation it crashes at 45% during installation of the image processing toolbox 8.1, with the error message...

'Error detected while installing images_demos_common. Data error (cyclic redundancy check)'

Has anyone else had this experience, or know what the problem is here?

Many thanks, Louise

Answer 1

[Jason Ross]

In my experience, this has been a bad/defective/scratched disc, a sign of impending hard drive failure, or a CD drive going bad.

I'd try

• Cleaning the disc and re-trying
• Copying the contents of the DVD to the hard drive, and running the install from there. (If you hit the CRC error again during the copy, the cd is bad -- but you might be able to skip the file)
• Running chkdsk on all hard drives -- if you get errors, back the machine up ASAP.

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