lost optical drive

[Guest]

Went from 64 bit Vista ultimate to 32 bit vista ultimate (lack of support)
and now optical drives will not read data. They show in bios and device
manager as working. they will auto load and read audio just not data. Reset
CMOS no help. Used regedit to delete filters but they are not in regestery to
remove. Went back to 64 bit still no optical drives. I can boot from them and
they will start up when disk is inserted then go out never showing any data.
Installed latest drivers no help. This all started after going from 64 bit OS
to 32 bit OS. Any ideas welcome..........

 

[Cal Bear '66]

This solution has worked for some people:

Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf

Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties >Security > Edit, and give
your account full control.

Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or temporarily move to your
desktop.

REBOOT