Although I can't find any references to that error message as it relates to a DVD burner (maybe others can), have you tried uninstalling, then reinstalling the burning software?
Hope this helps.
Grif
My dvd rewriter has stopped burning my dvds. First it started acted as if it was burning them it even said it was completed but when i go to play the dvd it was blank. Now when i try to burn a warning comes up saying-EXTERNAL EXCEPTION 8000FFFF. Please could you tell me what is happening. My computer is XP.

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