Memorex DVD-RW spinsm not recognized, ejected

My wife has a MacBook Pro running 10.5.1 with these specs:
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080M:
Firmware Revision: AA26
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 0 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
When inserting Memorex DVD-RW and Verbatim DVD-R both blanks discs spin then stop and get ejected. there's not even a pop-up saying it isn't recognized. Sometimes, the DVD-R by Verbatim burn but can't be read in her optical drive (but they can be read in my MacBook with all info in tact!)
Any ideas what's wrong with those discs or with her optical drive?
She has some success burning Melody DVD+R discs. Her drive can also read those.
According to the hardware specs listed above her computer should be able to read all of those discs.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Message was edited by: SteveAndRebecca Hanlon

You will want to ensure your USB DVDRW drive is properly connected to the Windows 8 VM in question.
To check this you will want to use the Vmware vSphere client to connect to your Vmware ESX/ESXi host.
Next, you will want to edit the settings for your Windows 8 virtual machine and check that you have added a USB controller and then connected the USB device to the controller. This is a manual assignment. If your DVDRW drive you wish to connect is actually
connected via SATA on the motherboard of the host then you will want to go through the same process to ensure the CD/DVD drive of the host has 'connected' and 'connect at power on' selected under settings.
Below is a screenshot of what you should see:

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