Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

[Perry B]

Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed a
problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
any change.
Any Ideas?

Thanks in Advance
Perry B

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

It's very possible the drive has gone bad and needs replacing.

: Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed
a
: problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
: DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
: message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
: opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
: drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
: any change.
: Any Ideas?
:
: Thanks in Advance
: Perry B

 

[Perry B]

Could be, but I don't think so. Just to check, I hooked up an external DVD
writer I borrowed. Same problem. Something's gone fishy inside XP, I think.
Or ... perhaps the Nero software has reset something ?

 

[Doug W.]

It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the same
way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all they
are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.
-

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Everything *doesn't* work just fine for the OP. Like he said, it won't
recognize a DVD.

: It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the same
: way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all they
: are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.
: -
:
: : > Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago
: > I developed a
: > problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it
: > shows up as a
: > DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive,
: > and gives a
: > message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD,
: > it reads and
: > opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under
: > System shows the
: > drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system
: > restore without
: > any change.
: > Any Ideas?
: >
: > Thanks in Advance
: > Perry B
:

 

[Doug W.]

These drives can be tricky at times. I find that switching tasks
back and forth from CDs to DVDs and/or DVDs to CDs can result
in strange behaviour at times, depending on the burning software
used. Maybe he has a bad drive for all I know. If so, a trip to
the local service shop is in order.

However, checking my empty drive will show it labelled as a DVD
drive but when any disk is inserted it reads that it is a CD
drive...but the DVD functionality has not changed.
-

 

[Elmo]

Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several days ago I developed a
problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer, it shows up as a
DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD drive, and gives a
message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a CD, it reads and
opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under System shows the
drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a system restore without
any change.
Any Ideas?

Thanks in Advance
Perry B

Maybe this:
CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

 

[Perry B]

Now fixed. The full fix was to

a) uninstall the device (Control Panel > System > Device Manager)

b) edit the registry and remove the upperfilters/lowerfilters entires (See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060)

Reboot


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