Error message when Burning CDs in Media Player

When I burn cds in media player, i get error on about half of the songs in the playlist. I delete the errored songs, re-import them and then try to burn. same problem. then the cd tray locks up and i ether use the paper clip trick to open the tray or restart the computer. Using i tunes is not a problem for any songs or the burning of cds. satellite/vista

Hi, Anthony.
If, as it sounds, your problem is with Windows Media Player, then your best bet is to post over at Microsoft's Windows Media NewsGroup .
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There are a bunch of folders within your home folder, you may want to decide what exactly you want to back up or not.
Besides your personal folders (Desktop, Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures), you may want to decide whether you need to back up the library folder. The library folder generally contains preferences for most of your applications, and also caches and applications support files. These can become really big in some cases (Mine is more than 8GB, will not fit on a dual layer DVD). And the Library>Caches folder contains temporary files that will change from time to time, this might be the cause of your previous error since the shortcut is no longer valid.
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There are programs you can use to backup to CD/DVD, Disc burner like Toast will span across several discs if the data does not fit on one. For a more automated solution, Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html) can backup to disc images which you can then burn to discs. I personally don't know a lot backup programs that provide good support for CD/DVDs, so I'll leave this to other folks.
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