Wisconsin Help? wrote:
> They show up just fine and in working order in the device manager. I put the
> new firmware updates yesterday in hopes that it would work. The Sony is
> hooked up as the Master on the secondary IDE channel (there's nothing on
> after that as slave) and the external is hooked up through a firewire port on
> the back of the computer.
>
> Nero recognizes the drives fine, but nothing that is windows software does
> as DVD Drives.
>
> Is there something in the registry that can reset the way they are looked at
> by windows? Is there a .sys file some where that can be deleted or modified?
>
> It's funny that they don't work correctly after a destructive re-install of
> XP Media Center 2005. So I'm not sure how that would be possible... or what
> else to try.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> In Device Manager, DVD/CD-Rom Drives how are the two devices
>> shown ? Do they appear with their correct Vendor/model description.
>> Are these drives PATA and sharing a M/S connection on the same
>> IDE channel ? Some combination of drives causes interaction issues.
>> Do both drives have the latest firmware loaded ?
>>
>> "Wisconsin Help?" <Wisconsin Help?@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:05C77BDE-37A2-4BA4-BE6D-78009DE16DF2@microsoft.com...
>>> Hey Gang,
>>>
>>> Long time reader, first time poster....
>>>
>>> I normally would consider myself relatively computer saavy, however, I've
>>> got a problem that I haven't been able to fix... even after a complete and
>>> destructive WinXp Re-install.
>>>
>>> I have 2 DVD Burners, one an external DVD burner and the other is a brand
>>> new Sony DRU-190A that are both showing up as CD Drives in Windows
>>> Explorer.
>>> However, with Nero, they show up as DVD Burners/Drives.
>>>
>>> I am running Win Xp Media Center 2005 with a new, clean install. I need
>>> to
>>> fix this because I use the Media Center software to record shows during
>>> the
>>> week for work and from what I've been able to read, only Media Center can
>>> burn the recorded shows off of media center.
>>>
>>> Is there some way of getting these 2 drives to recognize correctly? I've
>>> already uninstalled the drives from the Device Manager and they still
>>> didn't
>>> come back correctly.
>>>
>>> Thanks all...
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\Contro l\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
--
Joe =o)