Attempt to burn a disc failed - unknown error 4260

Question

I see there are lots of topics about not being able to burn CDs in iTunes but I can't find one with the exact same error message as mine - 4260. I've not had any problems before (I haven't tried to burn a CD for some months), but today I tried to burn a CD with purchased tracks from iTunes Store, and it seemed to have burned okay. Then when I played it in the car, the first 3 tracks were fine and then the rest were jumpy and had an awful background noise. Came home and found it wouldn't play properly in the computer (froze iTunes at track 4) or on my CD player. Tried again to burn to another disc, iTunes went through the motions, no problem, then said it was finalising the disc, then suddenly said it was cancelling the burn, and "Attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error [4260] occurred". Again the first three tracks play okay, but the rest do not. The first 11 tracks are from an album I only downloaded yesterday, they play from the library and are authorised to play on my computer, so that's not the problem.
I can't find a reference to this particular error on iTunes support base online or in this forum. If anyone can help I'd be very grateful but I realise that it's a big problem for a lot of people. I don't understand why it worked alright before but now doesn't. I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes recently (v.6.0.4.2), so perhaps that's the problem?
Here is the report from the CD diagnostic run on iTunes:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6330
iTunes 6.0.4.2
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: ASAPIW2K (6.0.2.0),
UpperFilters: InCDPass (4.3.14.1), incdrm (4.3.14.1), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro\RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
Found aspi32 running.
IDE\DiskIBM-DPTA-372050_______________________P76OA30A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
IDE\DiskST313032A______________________________3.09___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
SBP2\GENESYSLOGIC&1394_TOIDE&CmdSetId104D8&GenDisk, Bus Type IEEE 1394
USBSTOR\DiskHP_____psc_2210_______1.00, Bus Type USB
IDE\CdRomATAPIDVD_RW_8XMax______________________130D___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
IDE\CdRomLGCD-ROM_CRD-8521B_____________________1.04___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
F: ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax, Rev 130D
Audio CD in drive.
Found 22 songs on CD, playing time 75:39 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 04:26:60
Track 3, start time 08:06:35
Track 4, start time 12:29:15
Track 5, start time 14:48:47
Track 6, start time 18:31:10
Track 7, start time 21:31:12
Track 8, start time 23:43:07
Track 9, start time 26:55:27
Track 10, start time 29:40:62
Track 11, start time 32:54:35
Track 12, start time 35:06:00
Track 13, start time 38:08:42
Track 14, start time 41:35:50
Track 15, start time 44:56:25
Track 16, start time 48:27:45
Track 17, start time 52:18:55
Track 18, start time 56:08:45
Track 19, start time 59:15:15
Track 20, start time 62:38:27
Track 21, start time 66:04:40
Track 22, start time 70:58:45
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 16.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 16.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 16.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 16.
G: LG CD-ROM CRD-8521B, Rev 1.04
Drive is empty.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4260(0x000010a4). It happened on drive F: ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax on CDR media at speed 24X.
Thanks for any help. Anyone from Apple out there??
Mal
AMD Athlon XP 2000+   Windows XP Pro  
AMD Athlon XP 2000+   Windows XP Pro  

Answer 1

In case anyone reads this, I managed to burn my CD by changing the speed of the burn in iTunes. It was set on Maximum possible and I noticed from the CD Diagnostic report (see previous article) that the speed of the drive was listed as 16, but the burn had failed at 24x, so I reduced it to 12 to be safe, and it worked. It plays okay in the car but I have noticed that when I restart the player, it doesn't seem to recognise the CD and ejects it so that I have to push it back in, and it then starts at track 1 again. Not sure if this is to do with the way it was burned, but at least its playing the tracks!
Mal
AMD Athlon XP 2000+   Windows XP Pro