I bought a Toshiba SD-R5272 8x Dual-DVD Burner. The burner came with Nero 6 OEM and is the recommended burning software. I upgraded to the latest version on Nero, 6.3.1.20. The DVD burner will play audio CD's, play DVD movies and burn CD-R's fine. I have tried to burn data DVD disc's and DVD movies and been unable to do so. I am using Philips DVD+R Discs. It will burn the DVD disc, but when you open the drive from My Computer, it shows up blank and the computer doesn't recognize it. I also have Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 if that helps.