DVD ROM recognized as CD ROM

[Guest]

I recently upgraded from Win 98 2nd Ed to Win XP. (Yes I know it's a little
late!) My machine has a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U424. It has stopped playing DVDs
but will still play audio CDs. In Windows Explorer, under My Computer, it is
listed as CD Drive (D, as though it is being recognized as a CD rather than
a DVD drive. When I right click on the drive, select properties and then
hardware, it lists 3 possible drives: the main hard drive, the floppy drive
and a correct listing for the TORiSAN DVD-ROM. I highlight the DVD-ROM drive,
and select OK. It has no effect. Drive D is still lised as a CD Drive and
will not recognize a DVD. If I put a DVD in the drive and then select drive D
from windows explorer, I get a message to insert a disk into the drive. I
checked for a new driver, but a more recent driver could not be found.

 

[Mistoffolees]

I recently upgraded from Win 98 2nd Ed to Win XP. (Yes I know it's a little
late!) My machine has a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U424. It has stopped playing DVDs
but will still play audio CDs. In Windows Explorer, under My Computer, it is
listed as CD Drive (D, as though it is being recognized as a CD rather than
a DVD drive. When I right click on the drive, select properties and then
hardware, it lists 3 possible drives: the main hard drive, the floppy drive
and a correct listing for the TORiSAN DVD-ROM. I highlight the DVD-ROM drive,
and select OK. It has no effect. Drive D is still lised as a CD Drive and
will not recognize a DVD. If I put a DVD in the drive and then select drive D
from windows explorer, I get a message to insert a disk into the drive. I
checked for a new driver, but a more recent driver could not be found.

What application is being used to play DVD's? Windows XP, by itself,
does not natively support DVD's. Third-party DVD playback applications
such as Intervideo WinDVD are needed.

 

[Kenny]

Try VLC player, it.s free.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Kenny

 

[Poprivet]

I recently upgraded from Win 98 2nd Ed to Win XP. (Yes I know it's a
little late!) My machine has a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U424. It has
stopped playing DVDs but will still play audio CDs. In Windows
Explorer, under My Computer, it is listed as CD Drive (D, as though
it is being recognized as a CD rather than a DVD drive. When I right
click on the drive, select properties and then hardware, it lists 3
possible drives: the main hard drive, the floppy drive and a correct
listing for the TORiSAN DVD-ROM. I highlight the DVD-ROM drive, and
select OK. It has no effect. Drive D is still lised as a CD Drive and
will not recognize a DVD. If I put a DVD in the drive and then select
drive D from windows explorer, I get a message to insert a disk into
the drive. I checked for a new driver, but a more recent driver could
not be found.

1. XP will call the DVD a CD drive; it's "normal" with multi-purpose
drives.
2. You have probaly lost the DVD appication software you had installed to
play DVDs. As long as you're sure it's a DVD drive, then it WILL play DVDs
when the right application program drives it.
3. I'm not sure but AFAIK XP does not have DVD player software unless it
came pre-bundled. I could be wrong on that point though.

HTH
Pop`

 

[David Webb]

Sounds like you may have a hardware device that is not compatible with WinXP.

Did you run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor tool to audit your Win98 system? If
so, it would have noted the drive issue.

I did a quick check on the current Windows Hardware Compatibility List and it
didn't come up with any optical drives named Torisan or DRD-U424.

You now may want to follow the procedure "Method 2 Replace the existing driver"
in the following tech article. This should tell you if it's compatible with
WinXP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/

I also did a Google search using "TORISAN DVD-ROM DRD-U424" and it provided many
hits showing driver issues with this drive, most of which were for Win98, NT4
and Win2K systems. WinXP was not mentioned or considered.

You may be in the market for a new DVD drive,