I am not able to burn DVD on my Satellite A60

Hi!
I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 with a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K13A. And Every time I try to burn a dvd it doesn't work. The drive detects the dvd but I can't burn it. I've tried several burning programs such as Record Now! and Intervideo WinDvD Creator. Do I need to upgrade the burner or something.
And the format of the dvd's are DVD-R, and I checked the manual, and it says I'm able to burn DVD-R.
Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: Slintas

Hello
On this way it is not easy to say if there is just some small problem or maybe malfunction but according to your description I presume that the drive can read but not write DVD medias. In this case it is really possible that drive is defective.
If you have tested it with different DVD medias and different burning applications I am pretty sure that drive is defective.

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