>Good morning,
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>A couple of weeks ago I started having a problem where every time I make a writable CD compatible (basically closing the CD) and when the CD is being ejected, windows shuts down. What I see is a dump blue screen that says something like this:
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>A problem has been detected and window has been shut down to prevent
>damage to your computer.
>...
>Check adequate disk space and if the driver identified in the Stop message, disable the driver ...
>... BIOD Memory Caching and shadow
>

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>The STOP message points to 4 hexadecimal numbers. Is it possible to find out the exact driver causing the problem from these numbers?
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>This PC runs XP SP2.
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>The only thing that I recently installed was doPdf.exe but I uninstalled it and still have the same problem.
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>Any suggestions, please, short of buying a Mac <g>.
>
>(P.S. Not surprising that my kids recently, as they both need new computers, decided to go with Mac.)

I've seen 2 causes of this:

1. CD-writing software problem. Older versions of Roxio were pretty buggy. If you're using Roxio (or indeed, any other type of burning software) check the maker's site for point or version updates/upgrades.

I've had excellent results with Nero, if you search the threads here other people have other recommendations on software they've found to work well.

2. Failing CD drive. If the drive is suspect don't even bother trying to troubleshoot it. You can get a brand new one that burns all CD and DVD formats for about $25. If all you have now is a CD burner it's a no-brainer upgrade - DVDs have more than 6x the capacity, very useful for offsite backups etc.