yeah, this isn't the hardware forums, but people here know stuff mere mortals don't...
My relatively new tdk cd-rw drive reads all pre-fab cd's just fine, but when I put in anything that's on a cd-r, even a blank, it just spins and spits it out a minute later. WHY?!??! Why's it gotta go and do this right when I'm backing stuff up?!?! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drive, cleaning & defragmenting hardrive, etc etc...something obvious?
something obvious?
Your Operating System?
Your burning software?
You're saying it has never worked right?
Mac guy here, but I would SUSPECT something has changed since it was working.
The question becomes -- what?
Sorry...
Does "relatively new" mean its still under warranty? Can you take it back to the store you bought it?