Definite gold amount for Skyrim modding?

Okay, I've been trying out alot of different things and I keep getting different results...

-Sometimes when I load the modded file, it just never loads it.
-Sometimes it works perfectly, and I have the modded gold.
-Sometimes when I load the modded file, I receive a dirty disc error.

I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the amount of gold I'm putting into the barrel? Maybe some amounts work, and some do not? I always put in a little less than what I have in my inventory and it's always more than 1000, so that is not the problem. Any suggestions or help with this problem is greatly appreciated, once I get this down 100% working I'll be making a HD tutorial and placing it on youtube.

I just tried modding it twice, by using 1023 gold in a barrel. It worked perfectly the first time, but I got a disc error the 2nd time around. Is this always a 100% working thing?

Okay, I was wrong... The way I was doing it only worked occasionally. I've fixed the error, and it is always working correctly now.