Froze up on D3 of FF8

[eknuter]

Just got to the part where Squall is floating through space to save his lady (can't remember what her name is, I did custom names) and he grabs her and starts floating towards some spinning ship (presumably to escape) and the game simply freezes, the music continues, but everything else is frozen. This is on D3 of the game and I haven't had any trouble prior to this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

[jonc2006]

are there any visable scratches on the disk? are you using save states? can you post the plugins you are using as well as the settings you are using with them?