Communication to disc drive error...help!...is my superdrive fried?

I keep getting error 0x 80020022 "communication to disc drive failed"
no matter what i try burning. Firmware is up to date, and I'm using hi-quality discs. It's holding up my livelyhood...HELP!
thnx in advanced
desperate,
John

John,
Forgot to mention that I have found a partial, but ackward way around this problem. I downloaded "Backup" from .Mac and used this to back up my files on to a CD. Oddly, this worked okay. No communication failure codes. Only problem is that with "Backup" all files are put into the same Home Files folder, so you cannot pull individual files out of the pile. At least you can back up and restore if you have troubles. So I am now using "back up" application to save data. Very strange that their is no error codes with "back up", yet I cannot burn files the regular way to a CD. Fishy.
kathy

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