Cd Burner Problems

My computer is a clone Intel Celeron 667MHz, 64MB SDRAM Memory, 20GB Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, 8MB AGP Video and Sound Card, 52x CDROM, Matsonic MS7308D Motherboard, Windows ME and Microsoft Office 97

I recently installed a CD Burner 20x 10x 40x, I cant burn Cd at 20x, so I went to 16x then to 12x but I keep getting a system error message...press ctl+del+alt or press any key to continue.But when I do this I loose all my data and I have to start all over again.

Im a dental assistant and I have to take continue education courses constantly and I really need a burner to help store data. Please help.....

 

welcome to t.s.g shem...............could you write down the exact error message you are getting

 

Did you buy blank CDR disks that can burn at those speeds?

 

You may also have to many open programs running at the same time you are trying to burn a cd. Try to burn at a slower speed say 8X or 4X these usually don't take very long.