2-DVD-Roms Shows up

[JCO]

My system has a single CD/DVD-RW. However; using windows explorer, I see 2
of them labeled as shown:
DVD-RAM Drive (H)
DVD Drive (R)

They show up as the H and R drive. When DVD is put in, only the H drive
recognizes the disk. Why is this the case and what do I do? When I see the
words RAM, I'm thinking that is a drive in Memory. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Leonard Grey]

Hi JCO:

DVD-RAM is a DVD format, in addition to DVD+ and DVD-

What you are seeing is normal.

A web search will provide plenty of information on DVD-RAM.

 

[Jerry]

Boot into Safe Mode, open Device Manager, delete/remove ALL CD/DVD drives
you find, reboot, Windows will re-detect and, hopefully, drive letters will
now make more sense.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Do you have any dvd-rom emulators installed? Examples are
- Daemon Tools
- Alcohol 120%
- virtual cd

If so, that is the emulated drive you are seeing as a DVD Drive.

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[JCO]

No I have not had any of the emulators installed, that I know of. I just
put this computer together with a new motherboard, AMD 3800 processor &
Memory. It does have the Media interface where you can put a Card
Reader/Rewriter... I guess for camera cards. This is also where the USB's
are located.

Added Note: It's the H drive, the one that says DVD-RAM that changes when
every a DVD or CD is put in. The R drive that just says DVD Drive has never
acknowledged the fact that a CD or DVD was inserted.

 

[JCO]

I did read some stuff about this and it does appear to be a better format
than DVD+ or DVD-. However, why does both drive show up on Windows
Explorer? As I answered "SingaporeWebDesign", only the H-Drive (that Says
DVD-RAM) recognizes when a DVD or CD is inserted. The R-Drive (that reads
DVD-Drive) has never recognized anything. Makes me curious.

 

[JCO]

Unless Roxio Ver 9 does that automatically with out realizing it.

 

[FeMaster]

Unless Roxio Ver 9 does that automatically with out realizing it.

Chances are, this is where your extra drive comes in. I believe that Roxio
has a virtual drive program called "In-CD". At least that is what it used
to be called; it might even be called In-DVD now. If you look at the link
below, Under the, "Burn Fast and Conveniently" section, the sixth dot,
"...by creating virtual drives..." That is where their virtual drive
program comes into play.

If you never use it, I'm sure that there is a setting somewhere in the
options for the software. Just try to find something that deals with
"virtual drives," and turn it off... The phantom drive to vanish.

 

[FeMaster]

Unless Roxio Ver 9 does that automatically with out realizing it.

Forgot the link... Duh!

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/creator/suite/features.html#backup

 

[*rain*drops*]

Unless Roxio Ver 9 does that automatically with out realizing it.


There you go. I killed off my Roxio/Sonic stuff. Caused me nothing but
trouble. I had an extra nonexistent CD Drive showing up, too. And it was
the "default" so I couldn't use my own CD Burning software. I had to go in
and change the registry keys under Nero to point to the real, physical CD
Drive.

Good luck

 

[JCO]

In-CD is part of Nero, not Roxio.
But your right, Roxio does have a virtual drive. Ans so does Sonic, which
is now part of Roxio. Sonic uses DLA and Roxio uses Drag 2 Disc.

 

[FeMaster]

Yup, you are correct. I never use any of those things, so I forget what
they are called. I only have one virtual drive (a real one) from Alcohol
120%. I don't need any of that CD-RW / DVD-RW trickery to make them work
like a regular HD or Floppy...