Re: RW DVD tagged as CDROM and using CDROM Drivers

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Then it seems you'll have to go out and get some. Don't forget, XP won't
read video DVDs without an MP2 decoder as well.

Until they're installed, all it will do is read a data DVD.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"internetuse" <internetuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't. I was not given any CD's when I bought the computer.

The problem appears to be that XP keeps giving the drive an ID as a
generic
CD-ROM.

I am looking for manual editing instructions for hacking the system
automatic installation ID's to set this up the way it is supposed to be,
because Windows for some reason keeps identifying the drive as not a
CDROM/DVD, but a generic CD-ROM for driver installation.

And that is the only driver it installs.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Reinstall your third party DVD burning software.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"internetuse" <internetuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have an ACER E360 with a RW DVD drive, which I would like to use for
>backup
> for the computer.
>
> However, the DVD drive keeps coming up with one handle attached which
> designates it as a CDROM drive, and so XP keeps installing the generic
> CD
> ROM
> driver, not the one for this DVD drive.
>
> ACER has sent me here for technical support.
>
> Is there a way to edit the registry to force this drive to not include
> the
> CDROM ID and install the correct driver so I can use the drive for a RW
> DVD?



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