Hi,
I have a problem where my disc drive thinks the discs I put in it are blank media. I can open up the dir on command no problem, and I even loaded a game doing that. So I know my drive isn't bad, it can still read the discs fine. I know this is a software/driver problem, but I haven't done anything significant, and my driver hasn't been changed, and is already up to date.
The drive is an Optiarc DVD RW AD 7561A. It is in an HP Dv6000 laptop. Thanks for any help.
It shouldn't really be a driver problem if you can access the CD via command prompt, it appears to be some kind of problem with your OS/Explorer shell thinger.
Have you got any kind of custom shell inegration software, which deals with discs installed?
What OS do you have?
I dont think I have any custom shell, and my os is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.
i sometimes gets the same problem but i just take out the disk and put it in again and it works
but mine is a bit more fucked up, it once randomly opened up itself
Try to disable Vista's CD Burning:
1. Launch registry editor (Start Menu > Run > regedit.exe).
2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\CD Burning\Drives.
3. Select the correct Volume subkey.
4. Find and modify the IsImapiDataBurnSupported DWORD to 0.
5. Close the registry editor.
Worked for me
Had the same problem and only this helped me. ^^
Sounds like you need this: [url]http://www.bustrace.com/downloads/devfilter.exe[/url]
Info about it here: [url]http://www.bustrace.com/products/devfilter.htm[/url]
He can do what i say and he wont need any freaking fancy program..
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;16317606]He can do what i say and he wont need any freaking fancy program..[/QUOTE]
Well i found the exe file much easier to tell whats going on, and what needs to be removed. There was a lower class dev filter left behind from some old Roxio software from long ago that kept my drive from reading anything. I used thos program to remove it, and after a reboot, my drive worked like new. [img]http://d2k5.com/sa_emots/smile.gif[/img]
Try upgrading the firmware.
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;16317135]Try to disable Vista's CD Burning:
1. Launch registry editor (Start Menu > Run > regedit.exe).
2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\CD Burning\Drives.
3. Select the correct Volume subkey.
4. Find and modify the IsImapiDataBurnSupported DWORD to 0.
5. Close the registry editor.
Worked for me
Had the same problem and only this helped me. ^^[/QUOTE]
Ah, yes, Vista's burner thinger, that may be it, actually.
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