Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

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Perry B

Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed a
problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
any change.
Any Ideas?

Thanks in Advance
Perry B
 
It's very possible the drive has gone bad and needs replacing.

"Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...
: Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed
a
: problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
: DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
: message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
: opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
: drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
: any change.
: Any Ideas?
:
: Thanks in Advance
: Perry B
 
Could be, but I don't think so. Just to check, I hooked up an external DVD
writer I borrowed. Same problem. Something's gone fishy inside XP, I think.
Or ... perhaps the Nero software has reset something ?

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:

> It's very possible the drive has gone bad and needs replacing.
>
> "Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...
> : Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed
> a
> : problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
> : DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
> : message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
> : opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
> : drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
> : any change.
> : Any Ideas?
> :
> : Thanks in Advance
> : Perry B
>
>
>
 
It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the same
way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all they
are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.
-

"Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...
> Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago
> I developed a
> problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it
> shows up as a
> DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive,
> and gives a
> message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD,
> it reads and
> opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under
> System shows the
> drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system
> restore without
> any change.
> Any Ideas?
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Perry B
 
Everything *doesn't* work just fine for the OP. Like he said, it won't
recognize a DVD.

"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message
news:eY2pFNzxIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
: It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the same
: way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all they
: are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.
: -
:
: "Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...
: > Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago
: > I developed a
: > problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it
: > shows up as a
: > DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive,
: > and gives a
: > message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD,
: > it reads and
: > opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under
: > System shows the
: > drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system
: > restore without
: > any change.
: > Any Ideas?
: >
: > Thanks in Advance
: > Perry B
:
 
These drives can be tricky at times. I find that switching tasks
back and forth from CDs to DVDs and/or DVDs to CDs can result
in strange behaviour at times, depending on the burning software
used. Maybe he has a bad drive for all I know. If so, a trip to
the local service shop is in order.

However, checking my empty drive will show it labelled as a DVD
drive but when any disk is inserted it reads that it is a CD
drive...but the DVD functionality has not changed.
-

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in
message news:ODEA$bzxIHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Everything *doesn't* work just fine for the OP. Like he said,
> it won't
> recognize a DVD.
>
> "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message
> news:eY2pFNzxIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> : It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the
> same
> : way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all
> they
> : are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.
> : -
> :
> : "Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> : news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...
> : > Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days
> ago
> : > I developed a
> : > problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it
> : > shows up as a
> : > DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD
> drive,
> : > and gives a
> : > message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a
> CD,
> : > it reads and
> : > opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under
> : > System shows the
> : > drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system
> : > restore without
> : > any change.
> : > Any Ideas?
> : >
> : > Thanks in Advance
> : > Perry B
> :
>
>
 
Perry B wrote:
> Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed a
> problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
> DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
> message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
> opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
> drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
> any change.
> Any Ideas?
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Perry B

Maybe this:
CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

--
Joe =o)
 
Now fixed. The full fix was to

a) uninstall the device (Control Panel > System > Device Manager)

b) edit the registry and remove the upperfilters/lowerfilters entires (See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060)

Reboot


"Elmo" wrote:


>
> Maybe this:
> CD repair for XP:
> http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
>
> Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
> changes:
>
> Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
> Locate this Registry Key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
> Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
> Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
> Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
> data values.
> Exit Registry and Reboot
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>
 
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