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Why wont my computer burn dvds? It worked so well before.?

I am using Windows DVD Maker. I have burned many movies to dvd with it. For some reason it has stopped working. I have deducted that my processor will start to run at 100% about when the dvd is 3% complete. Everything will go fine until the dvd is at about 99.9%. The computer ejects the disk and tells me that the process has failed. I know it has something to do with the processor running at 100% because it didn't do that before. Has anyone had this same problem and how do you fix it?

Update:

This is not a Ram problem. I have 2.5 GB of ram, and it is running at about 50% during this problem. Please read my question carefully before you answer.

Update 2:

I did use task manager to check what program was using the most of my processor, and it was Windows DVD Maker 98%.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    While burning, run task manager, select Processes tab, click the "CPU" column to sort by CPU usage - which process is using all that CPU time?

    Check the DVD burner's device processes - see if it has somehow gotten into PIO mode - it needs to be in DMA mode.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You have so much junk running in the background that your RAM is all used up. Increase your RAM and get rid of the junk on your computer.

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