Audacity help? (audio blips out)

[busaikko]

When I record with Audacity, it blips out periodically ('He walked into the * and turned to Jane, who * "How are *?"'). It does not blip prerecorded material (music tracks), just what I record.

ETA: Thanks, podfic_lover and laurie_ky. Audacity is fixed! *knocks on wood*

HOW TO (i.e., what I did that worked):
1. Clean the drive where Audacity lives, and defrag.
2. Clean and defrag the drive where Audacity stores the temp. files (edit -> preferences -> directories, check the temp. directory location).
** In my case, I moved Audacity and the temp directory off my external drive and onto my laptop, and then cleaned/defraged.
3. Shut down all programs except story and Audacity. Ta-da!
** Laurie also suggests not making files over an hour in size.