Starting this thread at the request of JimH...
Here's a repost of what's happening:
I still can't do ANYTHING having to do with burning. If I click the "Burn" button MC just goes into a frenzy of accessing the HD for about 2 min's and THEN the Analyzing Devices dialog pops up. (When I say wildly accessing, I mean that the HD light just flashes off and on the whole time.) It stays on that without updating until I either close MC or I click on another part of the tree. Even when I close MC, opening windows explorer or My Computer is VERY slow until I reboot. If I re-open MC, I get the same wild HD accessing just like before (as if it's trying to complete whatever operation that was cut off previously).
I've checked Task Manager and looked at all the processes but I can't see anything that shouldn't be there. MC doesn't show up, so it looks like it's closed. I don't remember that last time that I used MC to burn, probably at least 3-4 weeks ago. It burned then with no issues.
phatrabt
Media Center Registered 9.0.114 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1727 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 775 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping / Drive F: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive G: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive V: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive G: LITE-ON LTR-24102B Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None