I don't know the specifics of Crash Bandicoot but as regards CDRWin, a write error will have nothing to do with a patch. It will in all probability be a buffer under-run. I had this problem recently and said to myself that why just this game? I burned more slowly and the problem went away. I defragmented my HDD and I could burn faster. You didn't specify the CDRWin write error message - so I'll stick with buffer under-run in the absence of confirmatory evidence.