Seems that tons of people have this same problem, and most all of those I've read 
have had Nero installed.  I found this site  
and it lead me to another which said that even tho ASPI is very stable, when certain 
burn programs are installed the install is not very well done, and that a new ASPI 
install would fix this about every time.

Nero Burning ROM

Nero CD Burning Software is very stable when installed onto Microsoft Windows but 
that’s not to say that problems will not occur. Some known problems happen when installed 
onto Windows XP and also if installed on the same system Roxio Software such as Direct 
CD.

Nero ASPI Drivers

It is important to know that ASPI Drivers can be installed from various sources such 
as CD Burning software like Nero or Roxio Easy CD Creator – Microsoft XP also comes 
with a version of the ASPI Layer installed.
It is common to experience problems with the ASPI Layer some caused with Nero and 
Roxio being installed onto the same PC – if you have Nero it is good practice to 
check the ASPI Layer to make sure its not the cause of your CD Burning problem.

I had problems trying to install a new ASPI layer, as most sites say don't use the 
aspi32 file, but then recommend it be used for XP.  Confusing.  I finally found a 
page that linked to a utility called ForceAspi, and the new version, 1.8 (which uses 
the updated Adaptec aspi_471a2 file), works for XP.  It forces a new install of what 
gets scrambled when Nero (et al) is installed.  Reboot, and it worked for me.  The 
site and utility is found at:

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

If your CD-R/-RW does not even give the option to "Write these files to CD", then 
right-click the burner, click the 'Properties' tab, and check the box for "Enable 
CD recording on this drive".  I have a DVD+R and a CD-RW as master/slave, but only 
one can be Enabled at a time.  If someone can tell me how to get both Enabled at 
the same time, on one cable, that would be great!  :-p

Hope this works for you.

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