Optical Drive Getting Confused by Changing Discs

G

Guest

When I put a CD in my optical drive, it appears in My Computer with its name
(and maybe a custom icon) for the D: drive. I can access it normally,
everything's fine.

Then I take out that CD and put in another one -- but the D: drive name/icon
doesn't update to show the new disc.

I close/reopen the My Computer window, still doesn't update.

I right-click on the D: drive and click Explore -- and sometimes I even see
the files from the previous CD still listed. Other times the old name still
shows for the D: drive icon, but Explore shows the files on the actual
current disc.

It's an NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A with the latest firmware. WinXP Professional
SP2, fully patched.

There doesn't seem to to be a hardware-specific driver available for me to
use -- it's using the standard Windows cdrom.sys driver.
 
G

Guest

Ping... anyone else in the Universe ever experienced this? Am I
hallucinating? Is it obviously a "feature"?
 
G

Guest

Thanks for this info.

It would help if you included previous messages in your reply.
Click to expand...

I was trying to keep the online message board more readable...

Backup the keys before doing any deletion.
Click to expand...

Scary registry editing.

I have only the vaguest notion of this subject. Can anyone explain how
those "keys" got there, what they are supposed to be doing, and why they are
causing this problem for me (and one other fellow on Earth) and not most
people?

Thanks!
 
R

Ron Sommer

With the millions of lines of code in an operating system, sometimes you
never find out why.

Export the keys before you delete.
You can always import the keys back.
It is possible that the key will be regenerated.

I have heard of your problem before.
It is very rare.

--
Ronald Sommer

: Thanks for this info.
:
:
: > It would help if you included previous messages in your reply.
:
: I was trying to keep the online message board more readable...
:
:
: > Backup the keys before doing any deletion.
:
: Scary registry editing.
:
: I have only the vaguest notion of this subject. Can anyone explain how
: those "keys" got there, what they are supposed to be doing, and why they
are
: causing this problem for me (and one other fellow on Earth) and not most
: people?
:
: Thanks!
:
:
: "Ron Sommer" wrote:
:
: > It would help if you included previous messages in your reply.
: >
: >
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ntents+don't+change&rnum=125#f41d7d643aa57929
: > Backup the keys before doing any deletion.
: > --
: > Ronald Sommer
: >
: > : > : Ping... anyone else in the Universe ever experienced this? Am I
: > : hallucinating? Is it obviously a "feature"?
 
U

Uwe Sieber

MS said:
When I put a CD in my optical drive, it appears in My Computer with its name
(and maybe a custom icon) for the D: drive. I can access it normally,
everything's fine.

Then I take out that CD and put in another one -- but the D: drive name/icon
doesn't update to show the new disc.
Click to expand...


Have a look into the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

The value AutoRun (type DWORD) shoult be set to 1.

Reboot required to take effect. Despite the name of the setting
it does not control the autorun facility. It controls the that
what Windows 95 called 'auto insert notification' which is the
basis for auturun to work because when disabled autorun gets
no message about an inserted CD-ROM.


Greetings from Germany

Uwe
 
G

Guest

Uwe,

You are a genius -- that seems to have completely solved the problem.

Thanks very much!!!
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

My icons are not displayed properly in my DVD-RW optical drive 1
Change drive letter for optical drive? 7
no disc in drive e: 3
Where are my optical drives? 14
Which drive is clicking? Failing? 6
DVD RW Drive Won't Recognize DVD+R Disc 2
No disc in drive 3
dvd drive not working 2

Top