system reboots when i try "one-step" methods

[shaqattaq]

i have tried several times to use clonedvd / dvd2one / or a 321 product and using the dvd-rom as the source, rather than using decrypter to pre-rip the source material i am backing up. i am running anydvd 3007 in the background.

each time i have done this, the computer abruptly reboots. what could be causing this?

DVD-rom is lieton XJHD166
DVD+RW is plextor PX708A

jumpers on both drives are set to cable select (as dell had my original equipment out of the factory)

[Gurm]

Something wrong with your system?

It's not the drives, and it's not the programs. It could be your memory, your OS, or a million other things.

- Gurm

[corrax]

Are you using any external hardware (i.e. USB hard drives, DVD-ROM)? I've seen systems that have faulty USB ports reboot spontaneously when data is being sent to or from the device. Just an idea...

[shaqattaq]

there are external usb devices (scanner, printer, wireless mouse & keyboard, ATI video card remote control receiver) but none of those items is used during DVD-type operations.

[Gurm]

I'd stress-test your system with a good burn-in program like Sandra.

- Gurm

[proggy]

Look in the "event viewer" to see if you can figure out which .exe or .dll is causing the reboot. Micr$oft and their infinite wisdom makes your computer reboot instead of blue screen on certain types of errors. I think there is a way to disable that behavior (make it blue screen instead) but it has been awhile since I looked into it.

[redwudz]

Stop rebooting in XP: Control Panel>System>Advanced>Startup and Recovery>Settings> Then uncheck reboot. Anyway, without reboot you will get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which may give you a cryptic message only Microsoft can understand.