DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

[pentium]

Well I would of liked to of added this to my other thread but since the edit button vanishes I was unable to do so.
Anyways, I have a creatice DVD drive installed and while the bios and device manager sees it as a dvd drive, My computer, windows explorer and any other file viewer sees it as a CD drive and thus inserting a dvd will do nothing when a DVD is inserted, the system won't even detect a disc. If a CD is inserted, everything runs fine and there are no problems. Do I suspect drivers or registry?

[WNG]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

This happens sometimes under XP.
M$, don'tcha just love it?
Happened on my XP MCE system.
Usually uninstalling the device and rebooting clears it up.

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

It still thinks it's a CD drive. :P

[Tom41]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

If the drive came with a driver disc, try installing those drivers (if you haven't already). The drivers could also not be compatible with XP; designed for earlier Windows like NT4 and 2000. Check the manufacturer's website to see if there's an updated XP version.
Also make sure you're using the correct driver for your XP version. Home Edition, Professional Edition and Media Center Edition sometimes require DIFFERENT drivers to make a device work!

I had a problem with a DVD-Writer drive I bought for my XP Home machine. XP saw it as a DVD-ROM rather than a DVD writer. In fact, it still does - I can only burn DVDs through the latest Nero!

[kc8adu]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

or the drive is bad and unable to read a dvd.

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

or the drive is bad and unable to read a dvd.

If I pop my ubuntu live dvd in the drive at POST it will boot off that so there goes your theory.
I didn't install any specific drivers. I installed the drive and I got a balloon telling me that a Creative DVD2240E DVD drive had been found and that it was installing the drivers.

[kc8adu]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

sony rootkit or other drm crap?

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

???? ????
What dp you mean?

[gonzo0815]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

May be a problem with Daemon Tools if installed.

[gastorgrab]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

sony rootkit or other drm crap?

Or some application has interfered with high & low filter. (Roxio)
.

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

I don't use daemon tools.
I do have an older version of Nero installed though.

[WNG]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

Well, try updating your Nero drive database.
Sometimes, if you burned a CDR in a DVDRW, you get this problem.

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

Well I don't know how to do that but FYI, I am using Nero Burning ROM 5.5.5.6.

[Nitwig]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

There is a patch available for that version of nero that will update it. It probably won't help but you could give it a shot.

[Tom41]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

Are you trying to use Nero under a non-admin account? If so, you might need to log in as an administrator and install a program called Nero Burnrights (available from Ahead's website) before Nero will work for you.

[gastorgrab]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

Did the drive ever appear? (is this a new combination of parts?)

I started with Nero 5.5 but i eventually had to abandon it when it no longer supported the newer drives.

I found a file in Nero's folder called 'CDROM.CFG' and was able to replace it with a version from Nero 6.0 (available for download at the time). This is the configuration file for Nero and any drive not appearing here will not be recognized. BTW, you can manually edit this file.

Eventually i bought an even newer drive and the trick no longer worked. I upgraded to Nero 6.
.

[pentium]

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And where can I find that patch?
I don't see mention of Nero 5 anywhere on their site and google just gives me websites for keygens.

[RegR]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

patch found http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/nero-up_vor.php

succes
RegR

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

We are going to have to wait until I do some repairs before I can try it.
After an overclock (increased frequency from 100mhz to 166mhz to get the system to run at the Athlon 3000+'s speed of 2.2 GHZ) I was checking system temps and I then discovered that my video card was roasting at 82 degrees (celsius) due to a fan failure!
Making it even worse, one of the mounting clips on the sink had broken off and the video chipset was essentially without a heatsink for I don't know how long.

[pentium]

Re: DVD drive looks like a CD drive to windows

Well the patch now allows me to burn dvd's but the drive is still seen as a cd drive. This dirve is being too much of a hassle than it's worth. I'm going to have to replace it with a dvd burner as soon as I get the money.

Problem solved.

**For those who are wondering. I replaced the fan on my video card, applied new thermal paste and replaced the damaged heatsink clips with nuts and bolts. She's cooler now but 62 degrees is still too high for me.