"Joe Janecka" <joejanecka@att.net> wrote in message
news:%23hhtieRtIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> That's the nature of the XP Beast!
> When it is empty, it will show up as a DVD-RW Drive. Put in a blank
> DVD-ROM and XP changes it to a CD-RW Drive. That's because XP cannot
> natively write to a DVD. It takes Nero or some other third party software
> to write to DVD's. It should work just fine with Nero.
>

That is not quite the intended behaviour. A DVD burner drive (that doesn't
support DVD-RAM*) should show up as just a DVD drive. Although, as you
note, XP doesn't natively write the DVD formats, it can nevertheless
recognise them. If you insert a blank (or recorded but open) DVD-R, the
drive icon should change to a disk with 'DVD-R' on a black label. Inserting
a DVD-RW does more or less the same thing but with 'DVD-RW' on the label.
However, inserting a DVD+R or DVD+RW produces a similar icon but with
'DVD-ROM' on the label because the '+' format appeared late in the
development of XP. However, as many have noted, the actual behaviour is a
bit hit and miss and often the whole thing is just reported as a CD drive.

*If the drive supports DVD-RAM then the drive should be reported as a
'DVD-RAM', though often, again, is reported as a CD drive.

>
> "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...
>
>

I did delete the filters and restarted the system and that did not help.

I will try pulling the jumper setting off the back since I no longer am
using the slave drive... or am I better off re-connecting my slave drive
(which is a standard cd burner).

THanks for all the help!

"David Webb" wrote:

> Did you restart the computer after deleting? If not, try it and report back any
> change in Explorer.
>
> "Wisconsin Help?" <WisconsinHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C2B273B-988D-4EDB-979E-1E5866C38813@microsoft.com...
> >I found that article on a website and there was only lowerfilters.bak and I
> > deleted that with no avail.
> >
> > "David Webb" wrote:
> >
> >> Check your registry for the presence of upper and lower filters per the
> >> article
> >> cited below. Delete if found.
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...4060&x=12&y=13
> >>
> >> "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...
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Whether you reinstall the other burner or not, the installed drive(s) should be
configured correctly. If no slave is installed, then the single drive should be
configured as such and connected to the first connector of the data cable.

Sometimes you can get away configuring drive(s) using the cable-select setting,
but I've found that to be a trial-and-error routine which I only attempt when
removable trays are involved.

"Wisconsin Help?" <WisconsinHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:832BC9E7-F0BB-48A0-A35D-C188683A9C84@microsoft.com...
>I did delete the filters and restarted the system and that did not help.
>
> I will try pulling the jumper setting off the back since I no longer am
> using the slave drive... or am I better off re-connecting my slave drive
> (which is a standard cd burner).
>
> THanks for all the help!
>
> "David Webb" wrote:
>
>> Did you restart the computer after deleting? If not, try it and report back
>> any
>> change in Explorer.
>>
>> "Wisconsin Help?" <WisconsinHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4C2B273B-988D-4EDB-979E-1E5866C38813@microsoft.com...
>> >I found that article on a website and there was only lowerfilters.bak and I
>> > deleted that with no avail.
>> >
>> > "David Webb" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Check your registry for the presence of upper and lower filters per the
>> >> article
>> >> cited below. Delete if found.
>> >>
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...4060&x=12&y=13
>> >>
>> >> "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...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>