IPhoto '11- super drive failed. It won't burn to disc.

iPhoto '11 won't burn to disc...says super drive failed. It goes through preparing to burn and then, immediately shows "finished" and spits out the disc. I had just finished burning another successfully. I talked with apple and we repaired permissions for iPhoto. It worked fine during the test, but didn't after that.
Thanks for any help.
Sheila

Yes. Successfully burned to a disc. Not only is it doing that from the top tool bar menu, but the information it shows at the bottom of the screen (MG for the burn and how full the disc is) is not accurate. The iPhoto info shows 3.7 MG for the pictures selected, but the burn info at the bottom shows some other amount and says not enough space on the disc. And I'm using a 4.7MG DVD! So, now, I'm just making a burn file on my desktop and burning the disc from there. It works fine. However, I'd still like my iPhoto program to be working the way it's supposed to, so I can use it that way.
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