For a while, whenever I burn a CD, my optical drives (a toshiba 8x IDE dvd and a plextor 101232A burner) refuse to recognize all optical media (in the sense of being able to mount them) placed in them ...

QUESTION: Install a replacement CD-ROM drive or put a new CD Burner in my computer? I was not sure what was the wise move for me, because the other CD-ROM drive in my computer is not working right ...