Hi. I really do appreciate this mate, I realise you're going above and beyond imgburn software support here!
i should mention that I've got it to work a few times by turning the computer off and on. So this report might well be saying that all is fine!
I 11:09:53 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 11:09:53 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200)
I 11:09:53 Total Physical Memory: 4,078,876 KiB - Available: 2,523,268 KiB
I 11:09:53 Initialising SPTI...
I 11:09:53 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 11:09:56 -> Drive 1 - Info: hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1 H.01 (E:) (SATA)
I 11:09:56 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 11:10:12 Device: [0:0:0] hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1 H.01 (E:) (SATA)
I 11:10:12 Family Tree:
I 11:10:12 -> ACPI x64-based PC
I 11:10:12 -> Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
I 11:10:12 -> PCI Express Root Complex
I 11:10:12 -> Intel® 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (VEN_8086&DEV_1E03 - Intel - iaStorA - v11.5.2.1001)
I 11:10:12 -> CD-ROM Drive (hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1) (Bus Number 2, Target Id 0, LUN 0)