Won't recognize CD-R's and CD-RW's

My ibook spits out my CD-R's and CD-RW's when I insert them to make a backup. It reads audio CD's just fine.
Some instructions I found via this forum suggest I should start by looking at System Profiler, specifically the Devices category, to determine the drive's capability. I don't see a "Devices" category, but under "ATA" I see that the ibook has a CD-ROM. Does that mean this ibook G3 model simply doesn't write to CD-R's or CD-RW's? (It's possible that after three years of ownership I've never used the drive to back up data.)
Other steps I've taken: inserting the disc and pressing "Command [the apple key?], Option, and I keys." That does nothing.
Trying to download the Apple CD-DVD driver, Foreign File Access, and UDF Volume Access extensions. (I can't find them at apple.com/swupdates.)
Is something wrong here, or does my computer just not have a capability I thought it had (meaning I have to use a hard drive to back up the big files)?

I am not familiar with the G3 drive, so I don't know if it is supposed to burn discs or not, but I think it is supposed to. There are a couple of things to try.
In System Profiler, is there a category called "disc burning"? If so, click on that and it should tell you the capabilities of your CD drive.
Another thing to do is to run Disk Utility and verify and repair if necessary both permissions and the disc. There might possibly be a permissions problem that is keeping the unit from working properly.
Finally, you can run the Apple Hardware Test if the drive still won't work. It is on one of the CD's that originally came with your computer, and if you actually have a hardware problem with the drive, it should be able to find it and give you an error code.
Good luck, and please post back if you have any more questions.

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