Okay, it's GOT to be an autoplay issue of some sort I've turned off autoplay (WinXP Pro) via GPEDIT.MSC rebooted and I'm still getting the same error.
I'm sure that something else is seeking out something on that disk for no good reason (processes are fairly normal, no extraneous software such as Drag-To-Disc running as a daemon, etc) the only thing I can think of at the moment is possibly McAfee VirusScan.
Now when I get the DVDA error I also got a windows dialog as well;
"There is no disk in the drive. Pleace insert a disk into F:"
Is there anything else I could be missing?
I appreciate any help from users and support staff alike!