Thanks.
I had already tried using Legacy Mode and it didn't work. According to this documentation http://pubs.vmware.com/workstation-9/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.ws.using.doc%2FGUID-BDC982CC-3B8A-410D-86D6-44EB20DC3090.html Legacy Mode causes the drive to operate in read-only mode and you need to be in Normal Mode to be able to burn disks.
When I tried to burn a disk with Legacy Mode on the program reports that the disk is not writable and running a drive test shows that the drive reports it has the ability to read CD-R media but not write CD-R media.