This is a wierd error....
By any chance....are all these games foreign.....
If so, it could have problems with language.....or code formatting..
Xp has the ability to install languages.....
I have all languages installed....
All conversion tables installed, all asian installed, you may actually want to install the keyboard.....
Otherwise....something may be wrong with the installer.....or even your cd rom....
I had a cd rom that kept giving me a read error on a specific part fo the disk on every disk....so i swapped that drive out....and guess what....everything worked...