Gold has an option to create an image file (ISO) on your hard drive, so you can burn to a dvd with another program. If you get the message finished successfully and it is on the hard drive and you can copy it to the dvd with another program that could be the problem, there is a good tutorial here:

http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-fab-tutorial.htm

I have attached one of the screens.

Mack