DVD Writer R6112 malfunctioning

Hi guys...Just wanna say thanks in advance to anyone who tries to help me out on this one.
I have Toshiba Satellite M30-106 and am having countless number of problems with the DVD writer (R6112 firmware 1332 I think). Because I don't use the DVD writing much I only realised the problem recently. When using Orange Top Bulkpaq discs or Datawrite discs the writer creates the discs as if nothing is wrong but then cannot read its own creations.
However, other drives can sometimes read them but normally not very well. I have been trying to find firmware updates but they don't seem to be for the revision I have got.
Can someone help? Is it the media I am using or is there something wrong with my drive? Is there a list of media that will definitely work? I am reluctant to send my laptop to Toshiba as I don't want to run the risk of losing data and I can't back it up!!
Thanks for your help

Hi
In my opinion you should try at first to use a few different medias to see if there is just problem with some specific blank CD`s or DVD`s. It will be also interesting to know if you have any problem with original CD`s or DVD`s that you can buy in every store.
I don`t know which burning software you use but try also to use a different one or try to burn CD`s using Windows burning option.
If the problem is still there it can be some serious problem. In this case you must contact the service partner. All your data you can try to save on some external device like USB stick or external HDD.
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