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Hi, I've started having problems with my CD-RW/DVD combi drive going missing
from Windows Explorer. I boot the system, and in most instances the drive
just does not appear. It has power, and spins up if I put a cd in, but no way
to access it. If I 'Scan for hardware changes' in device manager it finds the
drive and I can use it as normal to view CDs and DVDs.
I've tried carrying out the following registry tweek that was suggested to me:
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the data
values.
Exit Registry and Reboot
This however did not work, and in fact the problem seems more intermittant
than the one this tweek is designed to correct, as on occasion the drive is
recognised upon boot. Does anyone have any suggestions? My system info is:
Acer Aspire Notebook 1360
Windows XP Home SP2
512 Mb DDR Ram
40Gb HDD
Sempron Processor 2.4GHz
Matshita UJDA760 DVD/CDRW
Finally, I'm not sure if this is related, but aound the same time as this
started happening, the mouse pointer has started freezing briefly before
suddenly catching up, so it does not move smoothely across the screen. Many
thanks,
Sam
from Windows Explorer. I boot the system, and in most instances the drive
just does not appear. It has power, and spins up if I put a cd in, but no way
to access it. If I 'Scan for hardware changes' in device manager it finds the
drive and I can use it as normal to view CDs and DVDs.
I've tried carrying out the following registry tweek that was suggested to me:
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the data
values.
Exit Registry and Reboot
This however did not work, and in fact the problem seems more intermittant
than the one this tweek is designed to correct, as on occasion the drive is
recognised upon boot. Does anyone have any suggestions? My system info is:
Acer Aspire Notebook 1360
Windows XP Home SP2
512 Mb DDR Ram
40Gb HDD
Sempron Processor 2.4GHz
Matshita UJDA760 DVD/CDRW
Finally, I'm not sure if this is related, but aound the same time as this
started happening, the mouse pointer has started freezing briefly before
suddenly catching up, so it does not move smoothely across the screen. Many
thanks,
Sam