Windows cannot read the disc in drive E:\

I have a problem with my DVD+-RW drive.
It dose not recognise blank discs, but can read data discs.

Computer Specs:
Summary Operating System MS Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit SP2 CPU Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz 42 °C Conroe 65nm Technology RAM 1.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15) Motherboard Dell Inc. 0RY007 (Socket 775) 40 °C Graphics DELL SE197FP (1280x960@60Hz) Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family Hard Drives 156GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 ATA Device (SATA) 37 °C Optical Drives HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H73N ATA Device Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Operating System MS Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit SP2 Installation Date: 08 October 2007, 20:27
I have previously used this drive to burn discs and it used to work fine. I can read all discs I have burned.
When I put in a blank disc I always get the message:
Windows cannot read the disc in drive E:\
I have tried various discs, both CD-R and DVD and all cannot be read:
CD-R 1x-52x 700MB 80 min
DVD-R 1-16 SPEED 4.7GB

But it will read previously burned data files using these discs.

Any advice will be much appreciated, thanks.

I posted this problem 5 days ago, I'm suprised no one has replied.

I did hava a 'Windows Recovery' malware a few months ago. This malware hijacked some of my computer setting and hid most of my files. I managed to remove it via a previous post. I was wondering if this may have caused my drive to stop recognising blank discs to burn data. Could there be a fault in the drive registry???