extra DVD drive?

[Mike Dobony]

I recently installed a DVD-ROM in addition to my CD-RW and everything worked
fine. Today no program CD will work in either drive. Everyting locks up
when I put a program CD in either drive. I looked in Windows Explorer and
discovered a 3rd drive! In computer properties I see the two drives listed
plus Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device. What gives?

Mike D.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.

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:
|I recently installed a DVD-ROM in addition to my CD-RW and everything
worked
| fine. Today no program CD will work in either drive. Everyting locks up
| when I put a program CD in either drive. I looked in Windows Explorer and
| discovered a 3rd drive! In computer properties I see the two drives
listed
| plus Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device. What gives?
|
| Mike D.
|
|

 

[Mike Dobony]

Check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.

No problems there. IT says all 3 are "working properly."

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I recently installed a DVD-ROM in addition to my CD-RW and everything
worked
| fine. Today no program CD will work in either drive. Everyting locks up
| when I put a program CD in either drive. I looked in Windows Explorer and
| discovered a 3rd drive! In computer properties I see the two drives
listed
| plus Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device. What gives?
|
| Mike D.
|
|

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try removing the bogus one from Device Manager and restart.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| No problems there. IT says all 3 are "working properly."

 

[Mike Dobony]

Try removing the bogus one from Device Manager and restart.

It just comes back.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| No problems there. IT says all 3 are "working properly."

 

[John John]

That third drive is (probably) a virtual drive installed by the DVD
writting software. I would look as the software side for a resolution
to the problem. What is the make of the DVD drive and what software did
you install with it?

John

 

[Mike Dobony]

That third drive is (probably) a virtual drive installed by the DVD
writting software. I would look as the software side for a resolution
to the problem. What is the make of the DVD drive and what software did
you install with it?

It is a Samsung DVD and I had no software to install. I pulled it out of a
non-working computer and put it in my computer.

 

[Dave Patrick]

I'd poke around here for a driver.
http://www.samsung.com/support/productsupport/download/index.aspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| It is a Samsung DVD and I had no software to install. I pulled it out of
a
| non-working computer and put it in my computer.