Blue screen of death what does it mean????

Hi.
Pc normally runs like a dream, no problems, no hanging and no errors.
Today I was recording a family video to dvd (fr AVI file on pc) When i came back to the pc i had the blue screen of death , with the error  saying
"Bad_Exhandle"           0x000000A7
I've looked on microsoft web site for the error code but it is not listed.
Does anyone know the cause of this error?
Pc is the on in my sig.
Thanks for any help.

thanks s0nicp , . It was the first time I've seen this error and I have now made the dvd disc and it is perfect. I will keep an eye on it though.
hello MGP  , thanks for your reply too. I do not use screen savers, power saver etc because when they do kick in and you are making a disc i find it tends to put the  audio and video out.(sound and lip movement arn't the same) When its disabled its fine.
The dvd didnt get toasted because it hadnt even started to write to it. It was still transcoding.
How many times have i recorded a movie?  do you mean the one i got the error on or in general?
The file size was a standard size. 3GB.
Since then every thing has been ok so I'm guessing it was a one off.
Thanks for all help though.

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