RE: Can't read CD via Windows explorer but all tests OK via Admin
- From: Jaymon <Jaymon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:17:03 -0800
Your welcome,
Though, I am not sure I understand completely what the problem is now, the
slave HDD is or is not being seen by the OS..? Both optical drives as you
indicate are now able to see your data and play DVD's..
What program do you use to write to the CD-R/RW drive..?
Are you trying to use the inbuilt XP burning capabilities.?
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q306524
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867717/en-us
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321640/
Look over the above links, your call..
Can you sum the problem up in 25 words or less..?
Cheers
j;-j
"thefather" wrote:
Jaymon: Thanks for the tip. I turned off Autoplay with TweekUI, and I am.
now able to see data & play a DVD, but the problem as defined still exists
with the CD-R/RW drive.
--
Paul
"Jaymon" wrote:
Hi,
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Try The Windows XP TweakUI powertoy to disable the autoplay feature on the
CD/DVD drives, may be part of the problem..
See if that helps, if it does and you can live without the autoplay feature,
then you should be good to go using your burning software, UDF packet
writing app, itunes media player, etc..
Post your results
Cheers
j;-j
"thefather" wrote:
attempted to replace the slave hard drive on my primary IDE with another
drive that proved to be unformatted (perhaps corrupted by VCOM Copy
Commander). When this failed, I formatted the slave hard drive using Windows
XP, which then allowed me to add the drive to my system. I thought all was
well, but since this event (coincidence?) I can no longer open media that are
in my CD-R/RW or DVD drive if I attempt to do so using Windows XP explorer.
All drives appear in My Computer, and the CD-R/RW and DVD icons update when I
add a disk to them, but if I right-click and try to open the CD or DVD, they
appear empty, or I get a "no disk" message. Sometimes the CD-R/RW will
behave as though I put a blank CD into it, even though the CD is formatted
and contains data. If I access the CD-R/RW or DVD drive via Windows
Administrative Tools (Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management), both the
CD-R/RW and DVD drives function normally (they will both autorun and/or open)
through Admin Tools. Also note that I swapped-out the CD-R/RW with a simple
CD, and it also failed when I tried to access media on it. I also removed
the slave hard drive, and replaced it with the CD-R/RW as slave on the
Primary IDE, and unplugged the cable from the Seondary IDE...this did not
resolve the problem; same symptoms with the CD-R/RW. Both the CD-R/RW and
DVD drives are on the Secondary IDE of my ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard. The DVD
is master, and the CD-R/RW is slave (this configuration had previously worked
for years). The CD-R/RW is a Samsung SW-232B (and I just updated the
firmware). The LITE_ON SOHD-16P9sv. Both have worked flawlessly before this
"event." My hard drives are both Western Digital, the master is 60gig, the
slave is 40gig (the 40gig is the slave hard drive I alude to above). Both
hard drives are on the Primary IDE of my mother board. Any ideas why I can't
access the CD-R/RW and DVD via Windows XP explorer? (oh, by the way, I
deleted "upper" and "lower" limits associated with the drives in the
Registry per an on-line Microsoft Support suggestion with no impact). Could
this be some sort of Volume corruption? Some XP "remembering" problem?
Thanks in advance for your help. Paul
--
Paul
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