I have an HP 8200 internal CD writer which does not have underrun
protection.
It works OK under W98 SE using Adaptec/Easy CD etc. It works fine for
data
files, and handled music cds which I first copied to an image file.

Your drive is supported by Feurio, the best audio burning program.
Try it to see if it's a problem with Nero or a hardware problem.

Feurio uses the native WinXP interface to access the drive instead of ASPI
layer, or the Ahead's ASPI layer used by Nero, so it's another problem
avoided by Feurio!
www.feurio.com