Hi all,

My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank disks and

asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only the Live
File

System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and CD-RW
already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms that aren't
writeble.

The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it after I
tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was already fully
uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the cd-autorun.

So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media Player 11
was

opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to restart the
computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question was normally accessible.

But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also access the cd

drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any programs
after

booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk and it

stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by another

software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written data.

If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it asks for
formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying the the disk is
write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands in queue for being burned
later into the disk. The file contents are:
desktop.ini
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815

I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view. If anyone
of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a lot around the web
but didn't find a suitable solution.

Thank you.
Mario

PS:
Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
perfectly the same CD.
It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of different
media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).

UPDATE:
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64_6.0.6000
Fully Updated on Oct - 17 - 2007.

"_dude" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank disks and
>
> asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only the Live
> File
>
> System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and CD-RW
> already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms that aren't
> writeble.
>
> The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it after I
> tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was already fully
> uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the cd-autorun.
>
> So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media Player 11
> was
>
> opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to restart the
> computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question was normally accessible.
>
> But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also access the cd
>
> drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any programs
> after
>
> booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk and it
>
> stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by another
>
> software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written data.
>
> If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it asks for
> formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying the the disk is
> write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands in queue for being burned
> later into the disk. The file contents are:
> desktop.ini
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
>
> I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view. If anyone
> of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a lot around the web
> but didn't find a suitable solution.
>
> Thank you.
> Mario
>
> PS:
> Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
> CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
> The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
> perfectly the same CD.
> It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of different
> media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).
>
>[/color]

i dont know what your problem is,sorry,but vista shut my cd burner down and
my dvd burner down..like a week or two..after i had vista installed and i had
to go out and buy brand new..vista approved software,,so it would let the dvd
and vd burners work again..uncle bill got paid again..are you useing old
drives and old software..i think it all should be newer then 2006 to work
with vista..

"_dude" wrote:
[color=blue]
> UPDATE:
> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64_6.0.6000
> Fully Updated on Oct - 17 - 2007.
>
> "_dude" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank disks and
> >
> > asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only the Live
> > File
> >
> > System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and CD-RW
> > already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms that aren't
> > writeble.
> >
> > The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it after I
> > tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was already fully
> > uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the cd-autorun.
> >
> > So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media Player 11
> > was
> >
> > opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to restart the
> > computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question was normally accessible.
> >
> > But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also access the cd
> >
> > drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any programs
> > after
> >
> > booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk and it
> >
> > stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by another
> >
> > software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written data.
> >
> > If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it asks for
> > formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying the the disk is
> > write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands in queue for being burned
> > later into the disk. The file contents are:
> > desktop.ini
> > [.ShellClassInfo]
> > LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
> >
> > I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view. If anyone
> > of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a lot around the web
> > but didn't find a suitable solution.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Mario
> >
> > PS:
> > Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
> > CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
> > The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
> > perfectly the same CD.
> > It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of different
> > media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).
> >
> >[/color][/color]

=?Utf-8?B?d2hlZWxtYW4=?= <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> Whilst
having a limited moment of clarity in an otherwise cloudy existence the
drunkard typed news:02ABE3F5-7ACE-4C70-AFDF-69EEE22F3DAF@microsoft.com:
[color=blue]
> i dont know what your problem is,sorry,but vista shut my cd burner
> down and my dvd burner down..like a week or two..after i had vista
> installed and i had to go out and buy brand new..vista approved
> software,,so it would let the dvd and vd burners work again..uncle
> bill got paid again..are you useing old drives and old software..i
> think it all should be newer then 2006 to work with vista..
>
> "_dude" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> UPDATE:
>> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64_6.0.6000
>> Fully Updated on Oct - 17 - 2007.
>>
>> "_dude" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank
>> > disks and
>> >
>> > asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only
>> > the Live File
>> >
>> > System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and
>> > CD-RW already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms
>> > that aren't writeble.
>> >
>> > The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it
>> > after I tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was
>> > already fully uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the
>> > cd-autorun.
>> >
>> > So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media
>> > Player 11 was
>> >
>> > opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to
>> > restart the computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question
>> > was normally accessible.
>> >
>> > But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also
>> > access the cd
>> >
>> > drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any
>> > programs after
>> >
>> > booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk
>> > and it
>> >
>> > stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by
>> > another
>> >
>> > software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written
>> > data.
>> >
>> > If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it
>> > asks for formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying
>> > the the disk is write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands
>> > in queue for being burned later into the disk. The file contents
>> > are: desktop.ini
>> > [.ShellClassInfo]
>> > LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
>> >
>> > I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view.
>> > If anyone of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a
>> > lot around the web but didn't find a suitable solution.
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> > Mario
>> >
>> > PS:
>> > Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
>> > CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
>> > The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
>> > perfectly the same CD.
>> > It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of
>> > different media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).
>> >
>> >[/color][/color]
>[/color]

YOU DUMB ****.

your momma raise you that way..or are you just that gwkfgkfk dkdfkfd kdkdkd
dkdjkjf dkdkdkd kdkdke kdkdkd kdkdkd dkkdkofoo

"CK" wrote:
[color=blue]
> =?Utf-8?B?d2hlZWxtYW4=?= <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> Whilst
> having a limited moment of clarity in an otherwise cloudy existence the
> drunkard typed news:02ABE3F5-7ACE-4C70-AFDF-69EEE22F3DAF@microsoft.com:
>[color=green]
> > i dont know what your problem is,sorry,but vista shut my cd burner
> > down and my dvd burner down..like a week or two..after i had vista
> > installed and i had to go out and buy brand new..vista approved
> > software,,so it would let the dvd and vd burners work again..uncle
> > bill got paid again..are you useing old drives and old software..i
> > think it all should be newer then 2006 to work with vista..
> >
> > "_dude" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> UPDATE:
> >> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64_6.0.6000
> >> Fully Updated on Oct - 17 - 2007.
> >>
> >> "_dude" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank
> >> > disks and
> >> >
> >> > asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only
> >> > the Live File
> >> >
> >> > System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and
> >> > CD-RW already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms
> >> > that aren't writeble.
> >> >
> >> > The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it
> >> > after I tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was
> >> > already fully uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the
> >> > cd-autorun.
> >> >
> >> > So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media
> >> > Player 11 was
> >> >
> >> > opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to
> >> > restart the computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question
> >> > was normally accessible.
> >> >
> >> > But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also
> >> > access the cd
> >> >
> >> > drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any
> >> > programs after
> >> >
> >> > booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk
> >> > and it
> >> >
> >> > stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by
> >> > another
> >> >
> >> > software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written
> >> > data.
> >> >
> >> > If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it
> >> > asks for formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying
> >> > the the disk is write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands
> >> > in queue for being burned later into the disk. The file contents
> >> > are: desktop.ini
> >> > [.ShellClassInfo]
> >> > LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
> >> >
> >> > I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view.
> >> > If anyone of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a
> >> > lot around the web but didn't find a suitable solution.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you.
> >> > Mario
> >> >
> >> > PS:
> >> > Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
> >> > CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
> >> > The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
> >> > perfectly the same CD.
> >> > It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of
> >> > different media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).
> >> >
> >> >[/color]
> >[/color]
>
> YOU DUMB ****.
>[/color]

wheelman, thanks for replying it,

I'm not planning to upgrade the drive because I'm pretty sure it's a
software problem, and also, the drive is compatible.
It already worked once, I just want to figure out how fix it insted of
reinstalling the OS.

Bye

my two burners worked two for like a week or two..then vista decided to shut
them down..if the drivers are older then vista..i would guess..that may be
your problem

"_dude" wrote:
[color=blue]
> wheelman, thanks for replying it,
>
> I'm not planning to upgrade the drive because I'm pretty sure it's a
> software problem, and also, the drive is compatible.
> It already worked once, I just want to figure out how fix it insted of
> reinstalling the OS.
>
> Bye[/color]

wheelman wrote:
[color=blue]
> my two burners worked two for like a week or two..then vista decided to shut
> them down.[/color]

How fukkin dumb are you?
That dumb huh.
Ok.
Frank

"_dude" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank disks and
> asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only the Live[/color]

Hi, I have the same problem on Vista Premium. Have you got Media Center
Application? If yes, try to browse the cd with this application.

best regards
Piotr

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:40:06 -0700, Frank <fb@osspan.clm> wrote:
[color=blue]
>wheelman wrote:
>[color=green]
>> my two burners worked two for like a week or two..then vista decided to shut
>> them down.[/color]
>
>How fukkin dumb are you?[/color]

Nobody here is as dumb as you've proven yourself to be.

"like a week or two..after i had vista installed"
Not likely, something else happened.
What did the manufacturers say when you asked if they supported their
products with Windows Vista.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
[url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]


"wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02ABE3F5-7ACE-4C70-AFDF-69EEE22F3DAF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i dont know what your problem is,sorry,but vista shut my cd burner
>down and
> my dvd burner down..like a week or two..after i had vista installed
> and i had
> to go out and buy brand new..vista approved software,,so it would
> let the dvd
> and vd burners work again..uncle bill got paid again..are you
> useing old
> drives and old software..i think it all should be newer then 2006 to
> work
> with vista..
>
> "_dude" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> UPDATE:
>> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64_6.0.6000
>> Fully Updated on Oct - 17 - 2007.
>>
>> "_dude" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank
>> > disks and
>> >
>> > asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only
>> > the Live
>> > File
>> >
>> > System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R
>> > and CD-RW
>> > already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms that
>> > aren't
>> > writeble.
>> >
>> > The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed
>> > it after I
>> > tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was already
>> > fully
>> > uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the cd-autorun.
>> >
>> > So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media
>> > Player 11
>> > was
>> >
>> > opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to
>> > restart the
>> > computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question was
>> > normally accessible.
>> >
>> > But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also
>> > access the cd
>> >
>> > drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any
>> > programs
>> > after
>> >
>> > booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank
>> > disk and it
>> >
>> > stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by
>> > another
>> >
>> > software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written
>> > data.
>> >
>> > If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it
>> > asks for
>> > formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying the the
>> > disk is
>> > write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands in queue for
>> > being burned
>> > later into the disk. The file contents are:
>> > desktop.ini
>> > [.ShellClassInfo]
>> > LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
>> >
>> > I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view.
>> > If anyone
>> > of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a lot
>> > around the web
>> > but didn't find a suitable solution.
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> > Mario
>> >
>> > PS:
>> > Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
>> > CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
>> > The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can
>> > read
>> > perfectly the same CD.
>> > It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of
>> > different
>> > media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).
>> >
>> >[/color][/color][/color]

"My Windows Vista is sometimes..."
"If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it asks
for formatting and I confirm it,"
Those suggests a hardware problem probably with the drive.

Power off and open the case.
Reseat drive cabling at both ends.

"In another OS that I have installed..."
Not always a guarantee of a good drive, but it does help.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
[url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]


"_dude" <dude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0FE71CB1-F85C-43EA-BC71-711E38E8FA78@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> My Windows Vista is sometimes recognizing some of my CDs as blank
> disks and
>
> asking me for formating it ["Prepare this blank disk" - with only
> the Live
> File
>
> System option avaible]. The problem is that it does it for CD-R and
> CD-RW
> already written (closed or not) or even for original cd-roms that
> aren't
> writeble.
>
> The second symptom is that it doest it just sometimes. I noticed it
> after I
> tried to install one product [VMWare player] (that was already fully
> uninstalled) and it asked me once for disabling the cd-autorun.
>
> So, after the problem begin I noticed that when the Windows Media
> Player 11
> was
>
> opened, for the windows session the trouble occurrs, so I had to
> restart the
> computer, don't run WMP11 and then the CD in question was normally
> accessible.
>
> But when I installed another product [iTunes], somehow it also
> access the cd
>
> drive and then the problem occurs. Now, even if I don't run any
> programs
> after
>
> booting windows, sometimes the cd-rom is recognized as a blank disk
> and it
>
> stands for formating it. If I do it for a CD that was burned by
> another
>
> software, the CD becomes empty and I lost the previusly written
> data.
>
> If the cd inserted is factory made, not writeable at all, and it
> asks for
> formatting and I confirm it, I get a error message saying the the
> disk is
> write-protected and one file [desktop.ini] stands in queue for being
> burned
> later into the disk. The file contents are:
> desktop.ini
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815
>
> I disable the Windows options for remembering each folder's view. If
> anyone
> of you can help me, I'll be thankfull. I already looked a lot around
> the web
> but didn't find a suitable solution.
>
> Thank you.
> Mario
>
> PS:
> Computer: Dell Precision M65 Laptop
> CD-DRIVE: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D ATA Device
> The drive is clean. In another OS that I have installed, I can read
> perfectly the same CD.
> It's not a CD specific problem. I happens with various CDs of
> different
> media types (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ...).[/color]

Hi all,

thanks for the helping replies. Adding something to the topic I would like
to say the the hardware components are fully supported by Vista. They're all
signed drivers and this Dell workstation is homologated by Microsoft.

The second thing that I'd like to reinforce it that the drive is fully
clean. I ran a lot of error checking tests, in other OSes all is just fine,
and even on Vista itself everything works fine after I acceppt the windows
try of writing onto the disk.

The trouble pretty looks have this origin: windows is trying to append a
desktop.ini file into the disks.
If its a non-writeble disk, I still can access it by allowing it to "prepare
and format", then pops-up an error detecting that the disk is non writeble
and the disk access is restored.
But if its a opened session disk, I can't acess it, because if I acceppt the
"disk preparing", it makes the previusly burned session unavaible, making the
disk appear as blank.

Cya

Hey _dude,

I've got exactly the same problem with my Vista Home Premium on a VAIO
notebook (pre-installed). If I start a burning program, like Nero,
then start a copying-process, then stop the process, the CD works
fine. I fully agree, it must be the desktop.ini...

If you have Ultimate you can try to revoke burning privileges for your
user account. Maybe vista then does not try to create a desktop.ini on
the CD.

I hope, I will find a solution for my Vista Home Premium...

Best regards, mm

Hey mm,

I managed to fix the problem.

This is how I did: Appearing that the problem became after the Autorun
setting was changed, I set it back to 1, where it was 0, in the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentCÂ*ontrolSet\Services\CDRom
Autorun

I apparently fixed the issue, given that now I can insert CDs and read them,
witho
ut being prompted for formating. But the **** desktop.ini still is created
there. I think that's windows default and static behavior, and we won't be
able to get rid of it (at least I don't know how, because I already disable
everything related to thumnails of preferences remembering). But how it's now
causing any trouble for now, lets leave it there.


Another thing I saw around was people deleting their devices (cd-rom), and
leting windows detect and install it again, it managed to solve the issues
for them.

But I think that the first workaround will solve you issue in the Win Vista
Home as well.

Good luck!

_dude




"mm@martinmolch.de" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hey _dude,
>
> I've got exactly the same problem with my Vista Home Premium on a VAIO
> notebook (pre-installed). If I start a burning program, like Nero,
> then start a copying-process, then stop the process, the CD works
> fine. I fully agree, it must be the desktop.ini...
>
> If you have Ultimate you can try to revoke burning privileges for your
> user account. Maybe vista then does not try to create a desktop.ini on
> the CD.
>
> I hope, I will find a solution for my Vista Home Premium...
>
> Best regards, mm
>
>[/color]