Boot Camp not recognizing disc

Alright, so it seems as though I have had problem after problem trying to setup my Windows 7 boot camp. Normally I don't actually create new posts but with this issue I have not been able to find any solid answer yet.
I have tried multiple times to burn my Windows 7 iso file. Each time I attempt to burn it on my Macbook, it says the burn was successful but then after putting the disc back in- it says it is blank. The discs I am attempting to use are CD-R. And yes- for every burn I have been doing, I have verified the disk. Each time it comes out successful- but nothing appears to be on the disc when I insert them into my MBP.
So I thought maybe it was the disk type so I searched my room to find a blank DVD-RW. Whenever I try to put it into my MBP- it idles with it and then spits it out. No errors or anything. So after all that I did more research and kept finding that maybe it was my disk drive. So I grabbed my Mother's laptop and attempted to burn the Windows 7 iso on her laptop. It completed successfully and when inserting the disk back into the laptop (my Mothers laptop) the files appear to be on the disc. So naturally I put the freshly burnt disk into my MBP and it appeared to be blank?
Out of curiosity I put all the disks that I attempted to burn inside my mothers laptop and each one had the boot files and everything all burnt on- so I am kind of at a stand still.
I am quickly running out of ideas to try with this. It seems that I am not able to use the iso file by itself in boot camp so does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
And the reason I am having a hard time beleving that it is the disc drive- is that if I put in a CD with music on it, or put in a movie- it runs perfectly?
Thank you in advance.

Well I normally hate it when I search a problem and find someone who has the same exact problem- but they never posted an answer.
The solution to my problem was simple- it was the software I was using to burn my iso. I ended up using Roxio Toast Titanium to burn the iso and it worked like a charm.

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