DVD drive "device is not ready" in XP

[Tom Del Rosso]

Under XP Pro, the DVD burner can't detect that a disc is present, whether
data or audio.

Bootable CDs can boot though, so the hardware's fine.

Reinstalling the driver doesn't help.

The mfg installer CD isn't any help, unless I can copy from their CD to a
flash drive on another PC.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Ed Light]

Hadn't encountered needing a driver for an optical drive in XP.

Maybe you could set a restore point or image C:, then try uninstalling
the driver in Device Manager, then rebooting.
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[Tom Del Rosso]

Hadn't encountered needing a driver for an optical drive in XP.

Maybe you could set a restore point or image C:, then try uninstalling
the driver in Device Manager, then rebooting.

The driver was already uninstalled via device manager, followed by a reboot.

 

[Rod Speed]

Under XP Pro, the DVD burner can't detect that a disc is present,
whether data or audio.

Bootable CDs can boot though, so the hardware's fine.

Reinstalling the driver doesn't help.

The mfg installer CD isn't any help, unless I can copy from their CD to a flash drive on another PC.

Any other suggestions?

What happens if you boot a linux live CD or a Bart etc ?

Does it detect a disk is present in that situation ?

That would allow you to distinguish between an OS and a hardware problem.

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

What happens if you boot a linux live CD or a Bart etc ?

Does it detect a disk is present in that situation ?

That would allow you to distinguish between an OS and a hardware
problem.

As I said, it does boot, and a Linux live CD is what I used.

I was about to try finding anything unusual in

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

but the drive now works.

Thanks anyway.

Just to make a note, yesterday I installed ASPI32 and then removed it,
because it didn't help. Nothing was in the event logs before that change,
but I probably didn't try reading a CD or looking at the logs again after
removing ASPI32, until now. At boot time, the system log says, "The
following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32"

The ASPI files are definitely gone, but the installer loaded this reg file,
but didn't remove the keys/values when uninstalling.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32]
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""

 

[Rod Speed]

As I said, it does boot, and a Linux live CD is what I used.

What I meant was using the DVD drive after doing that, not just for the boot.

I was about to try finding anything unusual in

but the drive now works.

Then its unlikely to be an OS problem if you havent changed anything there.

Much more likely to be a flakey drive instead.

Thanks anyway.

Just to make a note, yesterday I installed ASPI32 and then removed it,
because it didn't help. Nothing was in the event logs before that
change, but I probably didn't try reading a CD or looking at the logs
again after removing ASPI32, until now. At boot time, the system log
says, "The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32"

The ASPI files are definitely gone, but the installer loaded this reg file, but didn't remove the keys/values when
uninstalling.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32]
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""

 

[Barry OGrady]

Under XP Pro, the DVD burner can't detect that a disc is present, whether
data or audio.

Bootable CDs can boot though, so the hardware's fine.

Reinstalling the driver doesn't help.

The mfg installer CD isn't any help, unless I can copy from their CD to a
flash drive on another PC.

Any other suggestions?

A repair reinstall might fix it.

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