LG CD-RW DVD-ROM combo drive not working correctly.

[Ken Varn]

I have a Windows XP Home SP2 system that has a CD-ROM drive in it. I am
trying to add a CD-RW / DVD ROM combo drive to it.

I have installed the LG CD-RW/DVD ROM combo drive. If I open My Computer in
Windows XP, I can see the CD-RW drive listed as well as the CD-ROM drive.
However, if I try to open the CD-RW drive contents using Windows Explorer,
nothing happens. I get no error or nothing. If I right-click and select
explore, then I get the contents of My Computer, and not the contents of the
CD. For some reason XP does not recognize any CD's in the new drive. I can
however play DVD's using media player and can burn CD-RWs using Nero, but
Windows explorer does not function on the drive.

Can someone tell me what is wrong here and how I can fix it?

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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[Yves Leclerc]

I have a Windows XP Home SP2 system that has a CD-ROM drive in it. I am
trying to add a CD-RW / DVD ROM combo drive to it.

I have installed the LG CD-RW/DVD ROM combo drive. If I open My Computer in
Windows XP, I can see the CD-RW drive listed as well as the CD-ROM drive.
However, if I try to open the CD-RW drive contents using Windows Explorer,
nothing happens. I get no error or nothing. If I right-click and select
explore, then I get the contents of My Computer, and not the contents of the
CD. For some reason XP does not recognize any CD's in the new drive. I can
however play DVD's using media player and can burn CD-RWs using Nero, but
Windows explorer does not function on the drive.

Can someone tell me what is wrong here and how I can fix it?

If the CD-RW that you are trying to read was originally created with UDF
format, you may need to re-install that application/reader. Two versions of
this tool are Roxio's Drag to CD and Ahead (Nero) InCD.

 

[Ken Varn]

The CD's are not formatted using UDF.

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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[Rock]

I have a Windows XP Home SP2 system that has a CD-ROM drive in it. I am
trying to add a CD-RW / DVD ROM combo drive to it.

I have installed the LG CD-RW/DVD ROM combo drive. If I open My Computer in
Windows XP, I can see the CD-RW drive listed as well as the CD-ROM drive.
However, if I try to open the CD-RW drive contents using Windows Explorer,
nothing happens. I get no error or nothing. If I right-click and select
explore, then I get the contents of My Computer, and not the contents of the
CD. For some reason XP does not recognize any CD's in the new drive. I can
however play DVD's using media player and can burn CD-RWs using Nero, but
Windows explorer does not function on the drive.

Can someone tell me what is wrong here and how I can fix it?

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