How come when I put a blank cd-r in this laptop, it says please insert a writable disc? I tried like 5 new blanks and I get the same problem, what can I do to fix this?

Have you tried another brand? Perhaps your CD-R drive is not compatable with the types of disk you got?

after i posted this i knew some dickwad would say that. anyway, i just restarted the computer and that fixed the problem. thanks.