Can not burn back up - checking media message

I am trying to back up my large collection of songs but a message 'checking media' appears and basically does not accept disc and ejects it after analising/reading for a few minutes.
If I place the DVD-R first then request the back up it works but only the first DVD. When it requests the second DVD (I require many DVD's to save the large library)it does the 'checking media' process basically jamming the system.
Is there a way I can cancel the 'checking media'? I've looked at preferences and can not see any way to do so.
It is a big problem as I can not back my library. I suppose I can not back up the library to a pen instead?
The DVD's are archive quality and I have thje latest updates.
Many thanks for any help.

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