Won't Erase DVD-RWs : Possibly Solution

Hi. Sometime when it's a non-Mac native image (like ReactOS .iso which should be run on a virtual machine coz could render OS X unbootable) that's been burned in the DVD-RW, OS X cannot erase it with either there powerful Terminal (command: drutil bulkerase quick ) nor Disk Utility. The only way is to use a native Windows to erase it (not virtual machine) or as it seems, discovered by accident launch a program called Burn then insert the DVD-RW (might work with a CD-RW, CD+RW & DVD+RW) then insert the DVD-RW, it will be erasable with Disk Utility or the Burn program.
God bless, Rev. 21:4

Is this then why I insert DVD-RW, go into Disk Utility, click the "Erase" button, and come to a screen briefly describing how to do so. At the bottom there is supposed to be to buttons. One "Eject" and one "Erase" I can use the Eject button, but the Erase button is grayed out and can't be clicked. Is there another way to do this, or am I stuck buying new DVDs? Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Just because your drive says it is capable of 8X doesn't mean it will burn at 8X.
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The LAPTOP IS ABLE TO USE ALL GOOGLE FEATURES without DESELECTING Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Why this is apparent I have not officially confirmed.
What I do know is that I have tried to Uninstall Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) with the appropriate uninstaller but it FAILS during the uninstall (I wanted to uninstall and reinstall, it appears the program became corrupted). What I did to possibly circumvent this was to search for the phrase 'Personal Fire" using the Finder's Find feature (Search for items whose name contains 'Personal Fire') and deleted all the files that came up related to Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). I then reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) since then, and it continues to have the problem with Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected).
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Any comments/feedbacks are extremely welcome.
Hope It Helps!
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