Can't burn any disk (DVD or CD) with any program.

This has been going on for a couple of months and I am trying to find a solution without the last resort of a clean install of windows. Whenever I try to burn something to DVD (files, movies, etc.) I get a error of no writable media present - please insert a writable disc. The only thing I can write to disk without this error is if I burn an .iso file. I have done a lot of research, updated DVD firmware, uninstalled & reinstalled my burning software (Roxio Pro, DVD Next Copt Next Tech, Alcohol 120%, etc).
I know this is a Windows problem - not a hardware problem. I recently Installed Windows 8 pro on another drive to make my system dual boot. (Win 7 or 8)
All my programs burn discs with no problem in Windows 8.
My only workaround to this problem is to create an .iso of the data I want and then I can burn it using Roxio.
This is a pain in the neck.
Any suggestions?

VistaKing,

I tried what you said but no luck. I tried to copy a movie. I still get a no blank disc or no writable media available but in "My Computer" Windows shows the drive as having a blank DVD-R. When I go to open the drive Windows asks me what I want to do with it but 1 of the 2 options is greyed out. Here is a picture.

jumanji,

I tried everything you suggestions with no luck.
Here is the error log from DVD Next Copy
I am also posting a photo

20:36:44 Initializing
20:36:44 System information
Windows 6.1.7601(2) Service Pack 1
Processor: 6 CPU(s), architecture: IA32, processor type: Pentium
20:36:44 Devices found: 2
E: [1:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S 1.03
F: [0:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S 1.03

20:36:44 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:44 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::GetFeature failed : no feature 0041
20:36:44 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::GetFeature failed : no feature 0051
20:36:44 PhysicalDevice(F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::GetFeature failed : no feature 0041
20:36:44 PhysicalDevice(F: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::GetFeature failed : no feature 0051
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadTrackInformation failed : 05/24/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00
20:36:48 PhysicalDevice(E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S)::ReadDiscInformation failed : 00/00/00

I am a computer tech with my own business and it burns me that I can't figure this out.
I have a system image from 3 months ago that I can go back to without having to do a new install
but that is besides the point. I am very stubborn and I NEED to figure this out!!!!!
I have scoured the internet on & off for the last 8 weeks and 99% of the fixes & suggestions I find are things that I have already tried.
I am not ready to give up yet - but getting close.
Thanks for your help.
Any more ideas would be appreciated.
If I happen to figure it out myself I will post it ASAP!

Like I said in my previous post 99% of the typical things you would think to try I have done.
Also, the odd thing is if I try to burn an .iso file I have no problems at all.
Windows recognizes the drives as burners, recognizes that blank media is in them.
All the software I try to use says that there is no writable media when it comes time to burn the disc.
I've used Revo to uninstall the programs, I've manually searched the registry for all leftover file.
Nothing has worked.

Copyright protection is not the problem. My software copies the material just fine to my hard drive. When it tries to burn I get the "no writable media" error. Funny thing is if I tell my software to copy the data to an .iso file that works. Then I double click the .iso file and Roxio launches and burns the .iso to a blank DVD just fine. I can burn to DVD all day long if it is an .iso file. Anything else says "no writable media"