Hello imhinkle and welcome to the forum. First of all, what kind of media are you using ? Second, how much ram are you running ? Are you online when you are burning ? Personally I've already backed up as many as 10 DVD's in a row with no issue. Have you tried using IMGBurn as your writing engine ? You could also have a heat issue too. Can you monitor your temps. , CPU, case, etc. ? Have you updated your firmware in your burner lately ? Also, you said you uninstalled and then reinstalled the program. But did you do a ''clean uninstall ''? If you haven't, fine Stormjumper's signature. The directions to do one are there. Big difference between the two. ~ Mike