Burn Folder using CD-RW not working??

[dalvin200]

So I decided to create a burn folder with some video files in it (aliases of course), and wanted to burn this folder using a CD-RW.

I opened a brand new Memorex (16X-24X) CD-RW and inserted into iMac. Drive started reading it, and then nothing.. disc didn't mount.

Went into Burn Folder and clicked "Burn" but it says that I needed to install a blank disc.

So I thought that may be I need to erase the disc on the mac for OS X to recognise it? Anyway, went into Disk Utility, and erased it (tried quick erase and full erase), but still could not burn the disc from the burn folderl same message - need a blank disc!

I thought screw this, and opened Toast, dragged the files I wanted to burn (data disc), and it worked fine (albeit, at 10X speed only)

Am I doing something wrong with the burn folder process or something? I just thought it would be easier to use the native burning process rather than open an app to burn a data cd.

Is this blank disc supposed to mount?

PS: I have check this thread but it doesn't really help - you would expect native burning to really work out of the box on supported media types without having to use 3rd party apps.. ie, to make life *simple*

Thanks

 

[techound1]

Wild shot here: because it's a RW, does it need to be pre-formatted? Perhaps this is a native feature of toast, but not finder's burn.

 

[dalvin200]

Wild shot here: because it's a RW, does it need to be pre-formatted? Perhaps this is a native feature of toast, but not finder's burn.

can you "format" the disc in Disk Utility then? I only "erased" the disc.. I would of thought the full erase would format it at the same time?