Ok, I need some help.

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And just so you know, YES I have read many FAQs, & followed them to a T, but still...
I d/led the Nero version of the Utopia Boot CD, burned it with Nero, #####ed it out, & it works fine & all. But the problem is with the first cdi i tried to burn. I used CDIrip to turn the Cdi into an iso, just like the cdi faq said, then burned it with CDR-WIN, only the game won't load up on the DC. The boot CD screen with that rotating deer just stays there, & the game won't load up..
So I asked around a bit, & was told to just use Disc Juggler, & to NOT turn the cdi into an iso, but to just burn the cdi making sure the following options were set; TOC is 'CD-DA', & Mode is 'Mode 1'. So I burned it like that, but for Action, I chose 'Test, & if OK Write, Then Verify'. But the game still doesn't work. Did i choose the wrong choice for 'Action'? My CD burner is a "Hewlett Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100 series" with it's most recent firmware, & the CD-R I used is a standard 80 min, 700 Meg TDK brand CD. (If it makes any difference, the game I tried to burn was Vampire Chronicles) Please, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.