BleepingComputer.com: Vista fails to load completely

I have Vista Premium installed as the upgrade from Hp since I bought this computer right before the Vista release. It is a Hp Pavilion a1637c, 3GB memory, 500 GB WD Hard Drive, AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200. I was having problems when burning ANYTHING to DVD's or CD's. The DVD/CD RW stops responding, locking up the computer. Only thing to do is push the power button to restart. Now when I try to restart, it appears to be fully loaded but won't open any folders or the internet. The circle just keeps going around and all I can do is hit the button again to restart. To get it to fully load, I have to go into Safe Mode and do a System Restore. What can be causing this?

What burning program do you use? Have you tried a different one?

I have used Nero, Roxio, Windows, Clone CD and Clone DVD2. Tried all with same results. But, if I restart, it will work. But with all the trouble of restarting, it's a real pain. The drive is a TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H625M, version 0414.

This post has been edited by j54ams: 18 January 2009 - 01:22 PM

try uinstalling reinstalling windowws XP and then upgarding it back to windows vista and before that you can try using windows burninng engine

You mean reinstall XP, then reinstall the Vista upgrade since Vista is what is on it now?

This post has been edited by j54ams: 19 January 2009 - 08:13 PM

I think I got the problem solved. (Hopefully!) I had McAfee Internet Security Suite installed and I uninstalled it (subscription was about up anyway) and installed CA Internet Security Suite. Have had several successful reboots but CA takes a bit of time to load also but at least it does load. Have also successfully burned a couple of data cd's. If I continue to have any more problems with the burner, I'll contact HP as I have an extended warranty. I just hate having to deal with the support! Thanks for all your help!