Can't read CD's only DVD's on DVD-ROM Drive.

[Guest]

I was wondering if anyone else is having the same issue that I am with their
optical drive. I can read "DVD" programs and not "CD" programs. All the discs
are legit copies, everything from games like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
DVD to WINXP Pro CD. I was shocked that the WINXP Pro CD wasn't readable; it
displayed the error that the disc wasn't formatted correctly. Did Vista
install a firmware driver that overrides the CD lens and not the DVD? I can't
even boot off the XP CD on startup past POST. Is anyone else having this
issue and is there a fix? I want to remove Vista and reinstall XP. I don't
have anything I want retain since this is primarly a test machine with
nothing on it.

 

[Jdr]

Well, I've lost my CD drive completely.
They vanished from "Computer". They're recognized
by OS and being seen at the start, but are NOT
shown in the "Computer" window....

It happened after I tried to uninstall
Nero 6., which is incompatible with Vista Beta 2.

 

[Guest]

Yup, get the same thing - installed from DVD disk, now cannot read any
cd-roms. Have a Sony DW-Q58A in a Dell Inspiron. Can't even read Audio CDs.

 

[Guest]

Yup, get the same thing - installed from DVD disk, now cannot read any
cd-roms. Have a Sony DW-Q58A in a Dell Inspiron. Can't even read Audio CDs.