Scenario: WinXP-SP2 CD/DVD Writer - SONY DVD RW DRU-820A

If I try to "mount" a CD or DVD (written or blank) with a Windows
Explorer window open the CD/DVD is rejected - the drawer opens almost
immediately after closing.

If I close down the Windows Explorer window then (most of the time) on
the next attempt at "mounting" the CD/DVD it is accepted.

Having Nero open in its explorer window causes the same effect.

Sometimes, just sometimes, even closing down Nero and Windows Explorer
doesn't do the trick - I have to restart XP to be able to mount a
CD/DVD :-(

This doesn't happen ALL the time - sometimes I CAN mount a CD/DVD even
with Windows Explorer open.

It's not a media problem because it happens with any media inserted in
the drive - old ones, newer ones, blanks, CDs, DVDs, etc.

Anyone have any ideas or seen this sort of problem before?

TIA for any light you can throw on the situation.

--
Francisco

Did you install nero's drag and drop portion, this part of nero tends to
conflict with windows cd ability, uninstall the drag and drop portion of nero.

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> Scenario: WinXP-SP2 CD/DVD Writer - SONY DVD RW DRU-820A
>
> If I try to "mount" a CD or DVD (written or blank) with a Windows
> Explorer window open the CD/DVD is rejected - the drawer opens almost
> immediately after closing.
>
> If I close down the Windows Explorer window then (most of the time) on
> the next attempt at "mounting" the CD/DVD it is accepted.
>
> Having Nero open in its explorer window causes the same effect.
>
> Sometimes, just sometimes, even closing down Nero and Windows Explorer
> doesn't do the trick - I have to restart XP to be able to mount a
> CD/DVD :-(
>
> This doesn't happen ALL the time - sometimes I CAN mount a CD/DVD even
> with Windows Explorer open.
>
> It's not a media problem because it happens with any media inserted in
> the drive - old ones, newer ones, blanks, CDs, DVDs, etc.
>
> Anyone have any ideas or seen this sort of problem before?
>
> TIA for any light you can throw on the situation.
>
> --
> Francisco
>

On Mon, 18 May 2009 14:53:01 -0700, sgopus
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Did you install nero's drag and drop portion, this part of nero tends to
>conflict with windows cd ability, uninstall the drag and drop portion of nero.
>

First of all, thank you for the reply and my apologies for the delay
in replying but I was travelling away from home.

No, I never installed the drag-n-drop portion of Nero - never liked
it, also had always had the same impression in previous incarnations
of Nero - that it interfered with Windows.

Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

The problem is intermittent (just like my wife's temper so I guess
that I'll just have to learn to live with it (like I did with her

I might try updating my Nero to a newer version (I'm using v6) but I
am always loath to "upgrade" to "newer" software as they always seem
to consume more and more system resources

Once again thanks for replying - it was worth the shot

--
francisco