ITunes stalls when inserting/ejecting CDs

Whenever I insert a CD to rip (just about any CD), the iTunes interface locks up (if I'm listening to music, it continues to play, but the iTunes screen becomes unresponsive). Eventually (2-3 minutes later, sometimes more, sometimes less) the window frees up and prompts me if I want to import the CD. I click yes, and the import runs normally, and everything is fine. I can play the CD, look at the tracks that were ripped, go to the iTunes Store... anything, and all's well. Then I hit the Eject button next to the CD, the CD ejects almost immediately, and then once again, iTunes freezes for several minutes. Eventually it frees up and all's well again.
Anyone have any idea what's going on? This is a somewhat recent occurance -- I've been using iTunes for a couple of years now, first on XP, then on Vista, and now on Windows 7. iTunes has pretty much behaved for the most part (with the occasional quirks, of course) but lately it's been making CD ripping a pain. Any ideas??
History:
o I have changed nothing on my PC recently except for the monthly Windows security patches (set to Auto).
o I'm running Windows 7 (32-bit), 4G of RAM, Intel Core2Duo 1.87GHz
o My OS is running off of an 80GB Intel SSD drive. My iTunes library is on a Drobo (external NAS-like hard drive). Everything else runs fine off of this storage (I have videos on there as well, and as I said earlier, music plays fine off of it)
o I have a very fast internet connection (Verizon FiOS 25 down/15 up)
o I recently updated to iTunes 10.2.1.1 (but it was exhibiting this behavior prior to the upgrade as well -- note: I always update to the latest version when Apple Software Update prompts me to).
o Everything else on my PC runs perfectly - iTunes is the only program acting funky right now

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