HP 7855 - Pavilion - 128 MB RAM Update Manual page 18

If an application is running while you are recording, it may cause
distortion. Close all applications (including screensavers) before
recording songs.
I get CD-R errors when creating a CD.
To minimise or eliminate errors when creating a CD:
Set the following system settings:
Prevent CDs from playing automatically. To change
this setting, open Control Panel, choose System, and
select the Device Manager tab. Double-click CDROM,
double-click the CD or DVD device, click the Settings
tab, and uncheck the Auto insert notification
check box.
Turn off the screen saver.
Turn off system standby.
Rename the file scsi1hlp.vxd (located in
Windows\System\Iosubsys) to scsihlp.old.
Select the following options in the Create CD window:
Cache Enable: unselected
Speed: 1X
Use hard drive cache: selected
The songs in MusicMatch Radio are skipping (the sound cuts
in and out).
For lower-speed Internet connections, you may need to listen to
MusicMatch Radio at low bandwidth. To switch to low bandwidth,
click Low in the MusicMatch Radio window.