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FrankySavvy

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So I am trying to burn an ISO image to a DVD in Disk utility on my MBP and everytime I try and burn it I get this error.

"The disc drive didn’t respond properly and can’t recover or retry"

HELP!!
Hardware problem or bad ISO, or maybe even bad DVD-R?

LOG:

2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Image name: “Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 Bit (Auto Activation).iso”
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Burn disc in: “MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898”
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Erase disc before burning: No
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Leave disc appendable: No
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Verify burned data after burning: Yes
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Eject disc after burning
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400:
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Preparing data for burn
2011-06-29 02:58:47 -0400: Opening session
2011-06-29 02:58:49 -0400: Opening track
2011-06-29 02:58:49 -0400: Writing track
2011-06-29 03:15:26 -0400: Finishing burn
2011-06-29 03:16:26 -0400: Closing session
2011-06-29 03:16:26 -0400: Finishing burn
2011-06-29 03:16:29 -0400: Burn failed
2011-06-29 03:16:29 -0400: The disc drive didn’t respond properly and can’t recover or retry.
2011-06-29 03:16:29 -0400: Additional information can be found in the ~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log log file.
2011-06-29 03:16:29 -0400: Unable to burn “Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 Bit (Auto Activation).iso.” (The disc drive didn’t respond properly and can’t recover or retry.)
2011-06-29 03:16:29 -0400:
 
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