itunes won't recognize blank cd-r

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itunes won't recognize blank cd-r

i think this is a problem unrelated to itunes, but basically my computer will not recognize blank cd-r's. i need to burn a cd from itunes, and i just get this "checking media" message until finally the disc is spit out.

MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on May 16, 2008 8:53 AM

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Answer 1

May 22, 2008 11:47 AM in response to impat8

I am getting the same problem and apparently it is a widespread problem. However I think it is related to iTunes (and let's hope that it is) because I can still burn CD's from my MBP and I can burn DVD's but iTunes simply won't recognize the CD-Rs.

I don't have any solutions but I am simply adding my voice to the call for help.

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Answer 2

May 23, 2008 3:21 PM in response to Mfernandez3

Yes...I am getting the same thing. I emember reading somewhere on here that it was a Fuji CD problem so I went and bought SONY discs. I'm getting the same problem as you all. It won't read a blank CD.

Could it be it was one of the numerous recent updates that have caused this?

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Answer 3

Aug 1, 2008 8:25 AM in response to newsshooter

Just spent a solid hour messing around with this issue. Go in the preferences menu of iTunes and make sure in the "burning" settings that you are burning to the actual drive, not a virtual. Mine, for some reason, was accessing one of my virtual drives that I use for recording my purchased music, then ripping back to my hard disk to get rid of DRM.

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