Re: CD-ROM/DVD-ROM not working

From: Guy (Guy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:49:02 -0800

After upgrading from 98 to XP, and trying to use my cd-burning sotware for
the first time since upgrading, I now appear to have the same problem as Jim
Syndi.

I have tried to follow the steps you prescribe, and which seemed to work for
Jim Syndi, but I am getting the message cdgone.zip is not a valid Win32
application.

I'm also not quite sure what you mean by 'extract it' - is this just
extracting it from the zip file? - and merge it into the registry - is this
just a copy and paste?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Guy Price

"Alex Nichol" wrote:

> JimSyndi wrote:
>
> >My CD and DVD both quit working at the same time. I have tried to uninstall
> >them and re-install them several times. I have also powered down and checked
> >all the internal cables for the drives. They both are getting power, but XP
> >isn't recognizing them. The error listed in the Device Properties for Sounds
> >and Audio Devices is: Windows cannot start this hardware device because its
> >configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code
> >19)
>
> A Driver-type file, probably from a CD burning package, has gone AWOL,
> leaving a hanging reference in the registry. To tidy up, get a registry
> patch file, cdgone.reg, from www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip, extract
> it, r-click on it and merge it into the registry
>
> You will then need to reinstall any burning software that you use.
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
>

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