New at DVD burning, please help! :(

[dirtybird]

Well, I did finally get a backup of Grand Theft Auto to burn, but it froze during the startup. I'm not really worried about one game not working, so I tried my copy of NCAA 2k3. Bare in mind these ARE all original games, regarless of what others say.

Basically I cannot get ONE single game to work? Yes my burner is set to master, I build computers so I KNOW my setup is correct.

The only one thing I can think of is maybe the DVD writer itself is bad? Should I take it back and get another? My father has the same exact model, and doesn't have any problems, but he rips and burns DVD's, not PS2 games.

When I did get GTA to at least read and burn, I used Nero. Recordnow Max, keeps giving me the same darn error. Px Engine error or something. Nero at least made it through, but still didn't get a good copy that worked.

Both programs however, do not work with NCAA 2k3. This is very frustrating. I've already put so much darn time into this, and I know in the end it's going to be something dumb.

Anymore suggestions? Help? thanks!