Visual Studio 2008 Installation Hang

Visual Studio 2008 Installation Hang Windows XP. When I insert the Visual Studio 2008 DVD, 50% of my dual core Xeon CPU gets pinned by the svchost.exe process.
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Guest [Entry]

"As Matthew & Troggy said, if machine hangs when you insert the dvd, it points to one thing:
That the DVD is bad. Windows is trying to read it via the DVD Reader & hence hanging the PC. Here, your PC should return to normal if you eject (from the DVD ROM) the DVD.

The only solution is create a new DVD from the ISO image. Else contact the vendor for a replacement CD.

EDIT: In-case one has an ISO image & the DVD ROM is just not ready to relent, just install Alcohol 52, then mount the iso image in the virtual drive. Then run the installer as if you are doing so from you physical DVD ROM.
(Cause if you try too much, you may end up spoiling the DVD Writer)."

Guest [Entry]

If this happens on multiple machines, you may have a dying or damaged DVD. Has it worked on any machine lately?