Problem solved!  One of the ideas I got from this forum was to enable DMA on my HD's.  Once the setting was changed printing to tape was a breeze!  Regarding my motherboard,  I have an MSI K7T Pro w/via 133 Chipset.  I have had no other problems with it.  One more thing, be sure to add a few blank frames to your productions because your first few frames are sometimes dropped when printing to tape...  GOOD LUCK to ALL!