since you are able to do this procedure a number of times and then begin the crash, I would suggest looking into any of the temporary store folders to make sure they are emptied out after each one you do to make sure there is enough room inside that folder for the next one. As an example:
When you install a program, most of them use the C:\Windows\Temp folder for the actual setup.exe files to be put and once the install is completed, that folder is 'supposed' to empty out after a reboot so that you can do another install at a later date. If it doesn't empty out because windows or the program author didn't do a good job of this, then when you go to install the next program and its files try to go to that same folder, there are times when identically named files are still inside that folder and the install won't complete or you get an error dialog box telling you that you are out of 'memory' to do the installation.
Because of this vague error message, lots of people think they need more ram, when all they need to do is empty the temp folder, reboot, and try the install again.
If there is a possibility that your copying program is using one folder over and over as a temporary holder for the image file and/or the playlist file and if some of those file names are identical to what the next copy will have, this may be the cause of the crash.
Just an idea...
I can't backup my DVDs that are on my hard drive. For some reason, every application I use for transcoding .VOB files, whether it be DVD X Copy, InterVideo DVD Copy, Nero Recode, etc... either the program or the computer crashes. I used to be able to do these things. I've done system restore back to when I was able to transcode .vob files, and the same things keep happening. So finally, I formatted my computer, and reinstalled everything. For about 3 days, everything worked fine. Now the same thing is happening again. I've closed all applications before doing trying to run these apps, and I've even copied the DVDs to my hard drive that is not connected to my Ultra ATA/133 PCI card (i have 3 HDs). I thought that maybe the ATA card was messing things up. But I don't think it is. My OS is on Drive C which is connected to the motherboard and not the ATA card. That is where I have now copied the DVDs to... but I still have no luck. I've been doing this for over a year, and the this month has been bizarre. Anyone have any suggestions?
As a side note, I have a gateway with plenty of HD space, 768 mb ram, and a 2ghz p4.processor.

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