Hello! Thank you for taking the time to help me out.
I got my hands on more MD's to test out on the machine and had slightly better results.Still had loading issues, but not as often. That being said I did what you suggested on cleaning the record head. I used some 99% isopropanol that I had and wiped it a few times. Since wiping it down It doesn't show the error message at all and correctly records on the disc!
I have tested it dozens of times on my new MD's and I am confident it was just the record head had some debris on it obstructing the recording process.
Thank you so much for you help. :)