DVD not recognized

[Guest]

My first post. A few weeks ago xp would not recognize my cd writer or dvd
player. Needing to update my hardware anyway, I went ahead and purchased a
new dvd recorder replacing my cd reader/writer and dvd player with one unit.
The new one dvd is not recognized either. Upon installation, it finds the dvd
but says there are problems. (Maybe a corrupted registry I think it says) In
the hardware profile it lists the dvd drive but has a yellow question mark by
it. When I uninstall my drivers for the dvd and try to reinstall new
hardware, the same things happens. I've purchased the registry mechanic and
it found and fixed a ton of things but I still have the problem. I use
ccleaner also. My harddrive and usb jumb drives are working as normal. Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I've purchased the registry mechanic and
it found and fixed a ton of things

And I'll guarantee that it "fixed" things that didn't need fixing.

You went from bad to worse.

 

[Claymore]

My first post. A few weeks ago xp would not recognize my cd writer or dvd
player. Needing to update my hardware anyway, I went ahead and purchased a
new dvd recorder replacing my cd reader/writer and dvd player with one unit.
The new one dvd is not recognized either. Upon installation, it finds the dvd
but says there are problems. (Maybe a corrupted registry I think it says) In
the hardware profile it lists the dvd drive but has a yellow question mark by
it. When I uninstall my drivers for the dvd and try to reinstall new
hardware, the same things happens. I've purchased the registry mechanic and
it found and fixed a ton of things but I still have the problem. I use
ccleaner also. My harddrive and usb jumb drives are working as normal. Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

Try this:

Copy the text below between the dotted lines, but not the dotted lines
themselves. Open Notepad and paste it in. Save the result in a
suitable location as drive.reg - making sure that the default .txt
extension doesn't appear in the file name.
Double-click on the saved .reg file to merge the contents.
Restart.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-
E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdr4_2K]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdralw2k]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdudf]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UdfReadr]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Harry Ohrn]

check here http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm and look at the Problems
section.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

See if this utility can fix your problem
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

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[Guest]

That was the fix. Thanks for your help. My next stop would have been the
repair shop. Not anymore. Have a great day, God bless.

check here http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm and look at the Problems
section.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

My first post. A few weeks ago xp would not recognize my cd writer or dvd
player. Needing to update my hardware anyway, I went ahead and purchased a
new dvd recorder replacing my cd reader/writer and dvd player with one
unit.
The new one dvd is not recognized either. Upon installation, it finds the
dvd
but says there are problems. (Maybe a corrupted registry I think it says)
In
the hardware profile it lists the dvd drive but has a yellow question mark
by
it. When I uninstall my drivers for the dvd and try to reinstall new
hardware, the same things happens. I've purchased the registry mechanic
and
it found and fixed a ton of things but I still have the problem. I use
ccleaner also. My harddrive and usb jumb drives are working as normal. Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.