DVD doesnt show after install

[mrmgroups]

I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.

TIA

Mark

 

[DH]

I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.

TIA

Mark

Maybe the driver for your brand of DVD drive needs updating. Check with the
drive manufacturer for a Vista driver.

DH

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Common problem, occured in WinXP as well, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[mrmgroups]

Hi,

Wasn't a driver issue (there were no problems under XP) I ended up
having to change both devices to cable select (they were previously
Master and Slave) and they both now work without having changed
anything else.

Regards

Mark

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Glad to hear it's resolved. It's not usually the driver error, it's the
registry entries discussed in the first solution about 90% of the time. If
changing the cable settings worked, then great!

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[mrmgroups]

Just a follow up on this issue. After working perfectly for nearly 3
weeks my DVD or CD drives stopped working. Looked in the device
manager and sure enough both were flagged as not working. I tried the
fixes in the support link shown above and still no go. Tried a few
other things and after about 4 hours of trying I finally gave up and
formatted the HDD and reinstalled XP. Both drives are functioning
perfectly. I will wait on loading Vista now until my next motherboard/
processor upgrade.