Burning a music CD in iTunes produces a still blank CD

I've been trying to burn music CDs from iTunes. I click the "burn CD" button and the program responds and goes through the whole process of burning the CD. The CD even appears in the iTunes sidebar. Unfortunately, when I eject the CD, the CD is still blank and surface has not been altered. If I re-insert the CD into my computer, it shows up as a blank CD. I have also experienced problems burning files to CDs from Finder. Somebody please help.

the last time I tried to burn a cd from itunes, my system crashed and my optical (a new dual layer superdive installed less than a year ago) died... I haven't a clue what happened!
I ended up buying an external and though itunes recognizes it, when I try to burn an audio cd (mp4 to aiff), it goes through the entire process of 'seemingly' converting the files, the cd shows ALL the information, even when re-inserted into the drive... but there's NO actual information on the disc. It 'appears to play' but no sound comes out and there's no activity in the equalizer at all.
On external cd players, one player did the exact same thing and another just refused to even see the cd as readable.
I've also tried burning from Toast, which ALWAYS worked in the past, with the same result.
What's the point of purchasing music in itunes if I can't burn the music to cd?
has anyone been able to solve this?
thanks... namaste

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rsands1 wrote:
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Just copy the file to a flash drive, and then from the flash drive to the other computer.
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