CD-R's & DVD+RW's crash PC

I keep a collection of *.jpg photos on CD-R's and DVD+R's using "Sonic's"

DLA for recording and finalizing the CD's. That worked on my old Dell as

well as on my new HP Pavilion & Compaq laptop. Recently ejecting the CD's

after viewing, both PC's crash and blue screen is asking to check for BIOS

updates or Hardware updates.

Could have HP's automated updates have caused that change?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Gerry