Drives show in my computer, but do not recognize any disks.

[Guest]

I am running
Windows XP Home Edition in a small business
Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 (Service Pack 2)

On my system I have the following hard disk drives:

C: --> Samsung SV1203N Presario (C Local Disk, File System:NTFS, Free
Space 59.8 GB, Total Size 105 GB
D: --> Samsung SV1203N Presario (D Local Disk, File System FAT32, Free
Space 2.37 GB, Total Size 6.42 GB
E: --> Asus CD-S480/AH CD Drive (E
F: --> HP DVD Writer 300c DVD/CD-RW Drive (F CD Drive
G: --> HP DVD Writer 840e USB Device DVD-RAM Drive (G CD Drive

C: and D: are the primary disk drives and work fine and are recognized by
the computer when you click on My Computer and look under Hard Disk Drives

The E: drive appears to work. It is rcognized by the computer when you
click on My Computer. That is I can insert a CD into the drive and the
systems recognizes it and I can access the disk.

The F: and G: DO NOT work. They are recognized by the computer when you
click on My Computer and Look under Devices with Removable Storage. When I
insert a Disk into them, the system does not recognize it. I get the message
"Please insert a disk into drive G or F" depending on the one selected.

The F is an internal drive and the G is an external. Also the G is
connected via the USB bus.

No problems shown in device manager. Drivers have been reloaded.

Obviously if I cannot recognize the drive then I cannot Write Disks.

I am stumped. I certainly do not want to reload Windows again. Did this
once, no fun.

 

[Rich Barry]

Mike, did you try uninstalling the drives from Device Manager? If not do
it and restart. Let XP reinstall them.
You could also try removing one, testing and then the other.

 

[Lil' Dave]

I am running
Windows XP Home Edition in a small business
Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 (Service Pack 2)

On my system I have the following hard disk drives:

C: --> Samsung SV1203N Presario (C Local Disk, File System:NTFS, Free
Space 59.8 GB, Total Size 105 GB
D: --> Samsung SV1203N Presario (D Local Disk, File System FAT32, Free
Space 2.37 GB, Total Size 6.42 GB
E: --> Asus CD-S480/AH CD Drive (E
F: --> HP DVD Writer 300c DVD/CD-RW Drive (F CD Drive
G: --> HP DVD Writer 840e USB Device DVD-RAM Drive (G CD Drive

C: and D: are the primary disk drives and work fine and are recognized by
the computer when you click on My Computer and look under Hard Disk Drives

The E: drive appears to work. It is rcognized by the computer when you
click on My Computer. That is I can insert a CD into the drive and the
systems recognizes it and I can access the disk.

The F: and G: DO NOT work. They are recognized by the computer when you
click on My Computer and Look under Devices with Removable Storage. When
I
insert a Disk into them, the system does not recognize it. I get the
message
"Please insert a disk into drive G or F" depending on the one selected.

The F is an internal drive and the G is an external. Also the G is
connected via the USB bus.

No problems shown in device manager. Drivers have been reloaded.

Obviously if I cannot recognize the drive then I cannot Write Disks.

I am stumped. I certainly do not want to reload Windows again. Did this
once, no fun.

If you are inserting blank DVD media into either DVD writer, this is normal
in XP.
Dave

 

[Guest]

Sorry to take so long, but work got in the way. This is a small business, so
.... That did it. The system now recognizes the F: drive and I am able to
read the disks. I even did a reinstall of a program from the drive. Have
not tried writing a CD yet.

Supposedly this drive should be able to handle DVDs. However when I put a
known good DVD in it. Nothing. I have checked the properties and set the
Autoplay but nothing. I know this worked at one time.

Removed the G drive completely. Still a problem.