I recently upgraded my PC from 98 to XP.
I never had a single problem with Nero under 98. With XP, I can burn data CD-R without any problem, but audio CD will _always_ fail at +/- half of the last track, regardless of the number of track (if only one track, well, it, will fail, if 8 tracks, first 7 are ok but 8th fails, etc...).
It looks more like a bug than like a classic underrun issue (same hardware was working fine with 98).
System info :
Asus p2b-f (i440-BX)
WinXP pro SP1
Nero 5.5.1028 (latest)
HP8200 internal CD writer (4x), primary slave
(master IDE has hard drive and DVD player).
DMA activated
I found other posts by users with similar symptoms, but no solution was provided.
It's possible Nero doesn't fully support your HP8200 drive. Consider EAC (Exact Audio Copy) for burning audio using Lame MP3 encoder m8.
EAC:http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Asus K8N nVidia nForce3 Pro 250 GB, Athlon 64 3200+, Hitachi 80 gig SATA 150, Corsair XMS 1 gig PC4000, ATI Radeon Saphire 9600 Pro (256 DDR), Windows XP Pro (64 Bit),Lite-ON SOHD 167T,, Plextor PX-712SA,BenQ 1640.
I tried another mp3 burning software and that one seems ok.
It's strange that the latest nero fails where plenty of basic & crappy mp3 cd burners work without a glitch.
I still have to try an older version of Nero before giving up (the one I had on Win98 was working perfectly).
Asus K8N nVidia nForce3 Pro 250 GB, Athlon 64 3200+, Hitachi 80 gig SATA 150, Corsair XMS 1 gig PC4000, ATI Radeon Saphire 9600 Pro (256 DDR), Windows XP Pro (64 Bit),Lite-ON SOHD 167T,, Plextor PX-712SA,BenQ 1640.
