Fatal error!!! ahrrgh... Please help

[wozser]

Right basically I have the NTFS 0x00000024 error! It only happens when I try and burn dvds. And usually happens at about 80% completion. I've tried running a chdsk c: /f and it still comes up with the problem.

I have a 80 gb IBM hard disk
256 ddr ram (I assume theres no problem with it as I play plenty of games and do plenty of other resource intensive stuff with no problems)
1800 mhz AMD

I can burn endless numbers of cdrs in a row but one dvd and the fatal error comes up. I have been able to burn dvds in the past but half the time the system crashes. It's not only writing dvds either. I use nero and when doing a dvd to dvd copy the same error sometimes comes up when reading before writing.

Don't know if anyones a windows xp god but the location for the last error was (0x001902FA, 0xF9F113FC, 0xF9F110FC, 0x80510F15). I know that this is something to do with the address where the error occurred but don't really know what it means above that.

Someone please please help. I just bought a new fancy dvd writer and it's really annoying me that I'm wasting a fortune on dvdrs by them not burning!

[Neo]

Have you tried other burning apps? You can't blame your computer because of one app.

[wozser]

No i'll try some other apps, though I don't see why there would be a compatability problem with nero. It works fine for cdrs. I think it's more likely to be a problem with the ntfs.

[Memphis]

I'm going to ask a fairly obvious question here but.... you are running an NTFS file system right?

[Roger The Shrubber]

Go to Microsoft.com and type in your error message into the search window. You will get a lot of hits for that error.

This one seemed like it applied best to your situation but I urge you to look at all of them.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_swhw.asp

[wozser]

yeah i'm using ntfs. I tried microsoft first and did all the things it said. Hasn't helped. Any other ideas?

[wozser]

ok just to update. tried loads of different burning apps now. they also screw up half the time. Also when copying dvds to my hard drive I get errors. I've now had a couple of 0x77 errors. I really don't want to format my hard disk. Does anyone know how to do a full surface scan (preferably a windows tool or function)? Maybe that will help. Any other ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers.