Re burning a cd or dvd on optical drive

trying to backup photos and files . have tried a cd-rw and a dvd-rw. the drive erased the contents fine but then will not show the blank disc. when try to burn a pop up says: you will need a disc with X amount of free space
when try to open disc in finder a window pops up with:
the disc could not be used because the disc drive is not supported.
have used this drive to burn copies just a week ago on the same medium
any advice would be helpful
thanks
macbook

In theory all the below:
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
should be working fine, however i have come across threads where people had similar problems.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2381861&#2381861
Just try another make of disc and see whether that helps.

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Dear friends, I have noticed that many laptop users suffering from some common problems. cd/dvd ( Optical Drive ) problems are one of them.. so here I am trying to collect and make available solutions related to cd/dvd drives . Almost all solutions are already advised in previous posts but these are all are in one post. We all are here for sharing problems and solutions. I always appreciate all corrections and additions. In first look optical drive problems seems like hardware problem. These problems have hardware/software both possibility so I request to administrator, to make available this post in both ( hardware – software ) sections. I put only solution links to save forum’s valuable space.
CD-DVD drive called an OPTICAL DRIVE.
CD-DVD discs called A MEDIA
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