DVD-RW Not Recognized as Recordable

[Daddy]

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation, Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not 'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP. Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

Daddy, aka Mark

 

[Shenan Stanley]

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE
channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately
describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation,
Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not
'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats
the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that
these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a
hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP.
Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

What software do you utilize to burn DVDs and does that still work?

 

[Daddy]

Hi Shenan,

I was, until very recently, using Roxio's Easy Media Center 8 for most burning tasks. I uninstalled the entire thing just a few days ago because I use other software now for multimedia tasks (and because I got fed up with EMC). I've read that my problem can be caused by versions of EMC prior to version 6, but like I say, I had version 8. In any case, CD and DVD burning worked fine with EMC 8.

I've used, at various times in the past, Windows Media Player (multiple versions), the Real Player, Yahoo Music player and Winamp to burn music CDs, all with no trouble. Just tonight I tried to use XP's CD Writing Wizard to burn two simple files to a CD-R and that's when I realized I have this problem.

I'm using brand name (TDK) CD-Rs.

Wait...just got an idea. I wasn't prompted by my security software (Kaspersky Inyernet Security) when I made the registry edit. Maybe KIS just took it upon itself to reverse the edit. I'll check right now and report back momentarily. Thanks for sticking with me.

Daddy

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE
channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately
describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation,
Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not
'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats
the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that
these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a
hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP.
Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

What software do you utilize to burn DVDs and does that still work?

 

[Daddy]

Well, not only did Kaspesky /not/ interfere, I discovered that the registry edit suggested in the MSKB article /did/ 'stick'...as far as the Windows registry is concerned I have two CD-RW drives (which is as it should be.) And I also tried media from Memorex (a CD-RW) and Verbatim (a DVD-R) and still I have the same problem. Windows does not recognize that these drives are burners.

Now I'm really lost.

Daddy


Hi Shenan,

I was, until very recently, using Roxio's Easy Media Center 8 for most burning tasks. I uninstalled the entire thing just a few days ago because I use other software now for multimedia tasks (and because I got fed up with EMC). I've read that my problem can be caused by versions of EMC prior to version 6, but like I say, I had version 8. In any case, CD and DVD burning worked fine with EMC 8.

I've used, at various times in the past, Windows Media Player (multiple versions), the Real Player, Yahoo Music player and Winamp to burn music CDs, all with no trouble. Just tonight I tried to use XP's CD Writing Wizard to burn two simple files to a CD-R and that's when I realized I have this problem.

I'm using brand name (TDK) CD-Rs.

Wait...just got an idea. I wasn't prompted by my security software (Kaspersky Inyernet Security) when I made the registry edit. Maybe KIS just took it upon itself to reverse the edit. I'll check right now and report back momentarily. Thanks for sticking with me.

Daddy

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE
channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately
describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation,
Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not
'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats
the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that
these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a
hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP.
Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

What software do you utilize to burn DVDs and does that still work?

 

[FeMaster]

Do you have some sort of disk copy software like Alcohol 120%, Daemon Tools,
etc.? These types of programs have "features" that force a CD/DVD burner to
see recordable media as if the media were NOT recordable. It's a "feature"
that is often used by software pirates (or everyday folks that download
illegal copies of things) that tricks some forms of copy protection into
thinking the CD in the drive is actually a CD/DVD-ROM disk instead of a
writable disk, so that it will allow the execution of the illegal copy of
the software. If this is enabled in one of these programs, you will not be
able to burn anything, nor erase a re-writable disk.


Well, not only did Kaspesky /not/ interfere, I discovered that the registry
edit suggested in the MSKB article /did/ 'stick'...as far as the Windows
registry is concerned I have two CD-RW drives (which is as it should be.)
And I also tried media from Memorex (a CD-RW) and Verbatim (a DVD-R) and
still I have the same problem. Windows does not recognize that these drives
are burners.

Now I'm really lost.

Daddy


Hi Shenan,

I was, until very recently, using Roxio's Easy Media Center 8 for most
burning tasks. I uninstalled the entire thing just a few days ago because I
use other software now for multimedia tasks (and because I got fed up with
EMC). I've read that my problem can be caused by versions of EMC prior to
version 6, but like I say, I had version 8. In any case, CD and DVD burning
worked fine with EMC 8.

I've used, at various times in the past, Windows Media Player (multiple
versions), the Real Player, Yahoo Music player and Winamp to burn music CDs,
all with no trouble. Just tonight I tried to use XP's CD Writing Wizard to
burn two simple files to a CD-R and that's when I realized I have this
problem.

I'm using brand name (TDK) CD-Rs.

Wait...just got an idea. I wasn't prompted by my security software
(Kaspersky Inyernet Security) when I made the registry edit. Maybe KIS just
took it upon itself to reverse the edit. I'll check right now and report
back momentarily. Thanks for sticking with me.

Daddy

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE
channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately
describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation,
Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not
'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats
the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that
these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a
hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP.
Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

What software do you utilize to burn DVDs and does that still work?

 

[Daddy]

Hi FeMaster:

Thanks for replying.

EMC 8 had a disk copying module, but as I mentioned, EMC is uninstalled. I think Winamp can copy disks, as can WMP and the Real player, but I was able to burn in the past while these programs were installed.

Daddy

Do you have some sort of disk copy software like Alcohol 120%, Daemon Tools,
etc.? These types of programs have "features" that force a CD/DVD burner to
see recordable media as if the media were NOT recordable. It's a "feature"
that is often used by software pirates (or everyday folks that download
illegal copies of things) that tricks some forms of copy protection into
thinking the CD in the drive is actually a CD/DVD-ROM disk instead of a
writable disk, so that it will allow the execution of the illegal copy of
the software. If this is enabled in one of these programs, you will not be
able to burn anything, nor erase a re-writable disk.


Well, not only did Kaspesky /not/ interfere, I discovered that the registry
edit suggested in the MSKB article /did/ 'stick'...as far as the Windows
registry is concerned I have two CD-RW drives (which is as it should be.)
And I also tried media from Memorex (a CD-RW) and Verbatim (a DVD-R) and
still I have the same problem. Windows does not recognize that these drives
are burners.

Now I'm really lost.

Daddy


Hi Shenan,

I was, until very recently, using Roxio's Easy Media Center 8 for most
burning tasks. I uninstalled the entire thing just a few days ago because I
use other software now for multimedia tasks (and because I got fed up with
EMC). I've read that my problem can be caused by versions of EMC prior to
version 6, but like I say, I had version 8. In any case, CD and DVD burning
worked fine with EMC 8.

I've used, at various times in the past, Windows Media Player (multiple
versions), the Real Player, Yahoo Music player and Winamp to burn music CDs,
all with no trouble. Just tonight I tried to use XP's CD Writing Wizard to
burn two simple files to a CD-R and that's when I realized I have this
problem.

I'm using brand name (TDK) CD-Rs.

Wait...just got an idea. I wasn't prompted by my security software
(Kaspersky Inyernet Security) when I made the registry edit. Maybe KIS just
took it upon itself to reverse the edit. I'll check right now and report
back momentarily. Thanks for sticking with me.

Daddy

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE
channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately
describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation,
Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not
'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats
the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that
these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a
hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP.
Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

What software do you utilize to burn DVDs and does that still work?

 

[windmap]

[Win XP Home SP 2]

I have the problem described in KB 316529: CD-R Drive or CD-RW Drive Is Not Recognized As A Recordable Device

I have two DVD-RW drives installed. They are both on the second IDE channel (cable select). The title of the article accurately describes my problem: After years of trouble-free operation, Windows XP has decided that both drives are not writeable.

The registry edit suggested in the article works, but it does not 'stick'. As soon as I start the CD Writing Wizard, Windows treats the drives a CD-ROMs again. Uninstalling the drivers does not help.

I can't tell exactly when this problem started, but I can say that these drives have been burning CDs and DVDs for years without a hitch. No question that these drives are 100% compatible with XP. Both have the latest firmware.

What can I do?

Daddy, aka Mark

Install the Roxio again then go to roxio website support page and
install all updates for your program .Then uninstall the Roxio this
should resolve the problem,Also install service pack2 if u dont have .