[Noumenon]

Use CDBurner XP Pro and never look back. Free...

[Dacula]

I have never been a real fan of Nero. lots of problems and bloatware.

[Kirkwood]

Scan your system with Auslogics Boostspeed trial version and repair everything before you do anything else.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I second the CDBurnerXP suggestion.

[Blood of Tyrants]

ImgBurn. Easy to use and free.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Last I checked, Nero has a longstanding, known flaw with XP. (heh, I guess you know that now) I don’t know which version of XP (XP Pro or non-pro) whether that has been resolved, or not. I know I have had some odd problems trying to use it and thus I don’t and havn’t tried for quite a while.

Google “free CD burning software” and you’ll find probably a dozen or so. Go look at reviews and download one.

Express Burn, Imgburn, are two that come to mind. I liked ExpressBurn quite a bit, but I used it to rip mp3s. For photos, I use MSFT scanner and camera wizard and don’t have any issues.

[smokingfrog]

Could be something wrong with your CD/DVD burner. Does it read other disks okay.

[jurroppi1]

you might need to install an ASPI layer driver (operative word being might).

Try this: http://force_aspi_18.w.interia.pl/

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Apologies, I kind of skipped over your report of problems using MSFT s/w to copy pix & having similar problems.

It *could* be an issue with the drive you are using as a burner, but it *also* could be something that Nero does that causes the equivalent MSFT software to burp. My reco: Go get another burner program, reboot, do NOT try either MSFT or Nero, and just try using whatever new software you end up with. If you still end up with a no-go, one has to start suspecting your drive.

[Kirkwood]

Are you using a cd-rw format disk in a drive that only accepts cd-r? If your system is old, it might not accept the format of disk you are feeding it.

[TomGuy]

I use DeepBurner (freeware edition) for most of my copying to CD/DVDs.

http://www.deepburner.com

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I never had much luck with the ‘built in’ CD/DVD copy facility in XP.

[Astronaut]

You’re running a 10 year old operating system. I suggest upgrading to Windows 7 and you’ll find that everything, including disk copy, works better.

[bksanders]

Get a MAC, don't continue to waste your time and money, seriously, get a MAC!

[Publius6961]

I use Nero 7 almost every day.
What version are you running? I bought version 10 last December but haven't bothered to install it.

[pabianice]

UPDATE.

Installed several recommended copying programs. Same problem with them. Back at shop. Tech now suspects that Norton 360 is blocking copying anything to the CD burner. Will try to figure-out what the problem is. The Adventure Continues...