Previously burned cds now read as "blank CDs"

long story short, i bought this computer SLIGHTLY used, it basically sat around at a friend's house before. i'm barely familiar with macs and may not know all the terms.
i had this computer for quite some time and eventually the hard drive died on me, just recently got it replaced. and they installed 10.4. when i got home i installed itunes latest version and checked for all software updates. i've been able to upload normal cds, but when i try to insert several previously burned cds they show up as a blank cd and ask me what to do. or when i was finally able to burn an mp3 cd, i tried re-inserting it, and it shows up blank as well, is this some kind of software update or setting i can change, please tell me it is!
thanks....

See if this helps and welcome to the discussions.
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/burn/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303599
Cheers Don

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Please excuse me if I repeat my question with someone else's (I did make a search though).
I've burned some CDs on my MacBook Pro 17'' about an year ago. I've played the same CDs without any problems. Long time past, I've made certain updates when the Sorftware Update indicated for such (if that's concerns this issue)...
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