On 15 Mar 2007 13:30:36 -0700, "Sid B" <siliconpi@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I've been using an Acer Aspire 5000 notebook for about a year. During
>that while I have only occasionally used the DVD drive for writing
>DVDs. Just recently, I tried again and it failed twice in the middle
>of a burn.
>
>I am using Windows XPSP2 and Nero 7.

I have seen Nero crashing like this before.

My suggestion would be: install a (free) burning package, like
from http://cdburnerxp.se/ and see if that shows the same
results.
It will let you distinguish a hardware from a software problem.

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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok