Dvd seen as cd rom

[Ken]

Hi, in device manager the dvd shows up properly; but in My Computer it just
says cd rom. If I try to view something on the dvd disk it says please
insert a disc. I have tried various disks.
thanks
ken

 

[Don Phillipson]

Hi, in device manager the dvd shows up properly; but in My Computer it just
says cd rom. If I try to view something on the dvd disk it says please
insert a disc. I have tried various disks.

DVD drives have two lasers, one for CD functions, the other for
DVD functions. All these (cheap) lasers fail some tiime or other.

 

[smlunatick]

Hi, in device manager the dvd shows up properly; but in My Computer it just
says cd rom. If I try to view something on the dvd disk it says please
insert a disc. I have tried various disks.
thanks
ken

Remove from Device Manager and reboot.

If this does not fix it, you might need to locate the upper/lower
filter registry tweak (search this newsgroup.)

 

[Ken]

Hi, in device manager the dvd shows up properly; but in My Computer it
just
says cd rom. If I try to view something on the dvd disk it says please
insert a disc. I have tried various disks.
thanks
ken

Remove from Device Manager and reboot.

If this does not fix it, you might need to locate the upper/lower
filter registry tweak (search this newsgroup.)

Thanks I had already tried the uninstall.
How do I search for upper/lower...? I type in edit/find to no avail
thanks
ken

 

[John Inzer]

Remove from Device Manager and reboot.

If this does not fix it, you might need to locate the upper/lower
filter registry tweak (search this newsgroup.)

Thanks I had already tried the uninstall.
How do I search for upper/lower...? I type in edit/find to no avail
thanks
ken

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The following article addresses...
UpperFilters / LowerFilters:

(314060) You can no longer access the CD
drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an error
message after you remove a CD recording
program or a DVD recording program in
Windows XP: "error code 31"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Ken]

DVD drives have two lasers, one for CD functions, the other for
DVD functions. All these (cheap) lasers fail some tiime or other.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

You think winxp knows the cheap laser has failed? Hence renaming it to
generic cd drive?
Ken

 

[Ken]

==================================
The following article addresses...
UpperFilters / LowerFilters:

(314060) You can no longer access the CD
drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an error
message after you remove a CD recording
program or a DVD recording program in
Windows XP: "error code 31"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Hi there are no upperfilters in there (4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318)
just lower filters. Could that be the prob?
ken