In Snow Leopard a CD shows up as blank

In Snow Leopard a CD shows up as blank, but can be seen in Leopard 10.5

Hello,
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Accounts, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Do CDS/DVDs work in the new account?

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    In the US, call 1-800-MY-APPLE and ask for a sales assistant. Last quoted price was $19.99 for the single-user and $29.99 for the family licence.
    For other countries, check here; http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
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    [email protected]

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    Alright, here goes. Thank you in advance.
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    specs.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/SP576
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