You would be better off posting in a Vista Group, this is XP
"Elyquin" wrote:
> I have a HP vista ultimate 64, 2.2, 4gb ram, 511 mb video card. The system
> also has horrible issues with CD's and DVD's. The optical drive can 'see'
> something because it will show how much is on the disk. However, it can not
> see files, jpgs, programs. It thinks it is a blank disk and wants to format
> it.
>
> This is driving me crazy because I can not load many programs since the
> computer can not see the installation file. It doesn't even read a disk with
> jpg created by my other computer (xp and by apple). HP has sent me a new
> optical drive. It is doing the same thing. Then HP tells me that Vista has
> problems reading cds and dvds burned by a non vista computer.
>
> If that is true, then I really regret having bought this HP laptop.
>
>
> "Dreadlord_20" wrote:
>
> > Yes it is turned on!
> >
> > I was trying some things earlier...
> > If i put in an audio cd on My computer it reads it as blank but yet when i
> > open media player it will run just fine.
> > If i put in a pc game that requires reading of the cd to start up, it shows
> > the same thing on My Computer, But if i manually start the game up it will
> > read the disc and start the game. (some at least)
> >
> > Its becoming irritating as i cannot install anything because my drives won't
> > read any cds to let me >.<
> >
> > "sgopus" wrote:
> >
> > > Try this:
> > > Right click on your burner and select properties, then go to recording tab
> > > and make sure the enable cd burning is selected.
> > > for some reason windows has decided recently to unselect the enable
> > > cdburning box, and this is causing all kinds of problems.
> > >
> > > "Dreadlord_20" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Seems the rom's only want to read Dvds, and nothing else or at least thats
> > > > what it shows in My Computer.
> > > >
> > > > I can put an audio cd in which it will say is a blank cd but open up media
> > > > player and play it just fine or even put a game cd in and manually start it
> > > > and it reads just fine (some of my games at least)
> > > >
> > > > I've changed out my ide cables, cleaned out the rom and cleaned the lenses
> > > > but i get the same problem. My top drive tells me the cd isnt formatted or
> > > > may be corrupted while my burner says everything is just a blank cd.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone with insight as to what the problem is please give me something, i've
> > > > tried everything i know >.>
