Cd drive problems

[Ellis]

I've posted on this board a week or so ago, and I've tried a few things.
However the problem still is happening.
Both my CD-Rom and CD-R drives started doing the same thing. When I load
any CD after a reboot, it works fine. However a second CD shows up in
Explorer with the same labels and directories as the first one. It also
triggers the same autoplay as the first one. (of course it doesn't work
right) There are also some game CDs that will start the game menu, but
will give a message later to put the correct CD in the drive (and it is
already). It seems that some sort of reset isn't working.
I've replaced the IDE cable and reinstalled both drivers as well as
trying some registery suggestions people have made.
Any ideas are welcome.
Ellis

 

[WRH]

A couple of thoughts...

Do the BIOS settings seem OK?
Do you have another IDE port on the motherboard
you could try?

Are they both on the same IDE cable? If so, since
they were working I presume master/slave settings
ok or was something changed?

 

[Ellis]

No changes in BIOS or slave/master settings. No other IDE port available.
Any ideas?

 

[WRH]

I wonder would it make a difference if you changed the CD-Rom CD-R
drive letters?

(In WinXp, Control Panel, drill through compuer management to
disk management)

 

[Ellis]

I did that, and it "refreshed" the drives for one try, but then the same
behavior.
Thanks,
Ellis

 

[WRH]

The following MS articles may be relevant. ( For one problem,one
of them suggests pressing F5 to update Windows Explorer.)


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831484

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322823

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886955

 

[Ellis]

Thanks for the ideas. They all suggest having the latest service pack,
which I do. I'll look more closely at the workarounds.