ok, i tried everything it said on afterdawn, kept crashing. the last program i used was anydvd, in win xp sp2 compatability mode as an admin. this time i got a bluescreen that said...
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR
technical info
*** STOP; 0x0000007A (0xFFFFF88001F1510, 0xFFFFFFFFC0000185, 0x0000000046A8A820, 0xFFFFF96000298088)
*** win32k.sys - address FFFFF96000298088 BASE AT FFFFF96000000000
i appreciate your help guys and anymore you want to send my way, maybe i just wasn't meant to burn dvds