XP system DVD/CD RW burner no longer "sees" DVDs

After installing itunes on my system my DVD/CD Burner "Liteon 1693S" sees only CD roms and will not recognize a Blank DVD. When a blank DVD is placed in the drive it identifies it as a CD Rom.
Any suggestions? I already tried updating the Firmware for the Drive and unistalling the drive and reinstalling with no success.
P4- Windows XP

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