windows doesn't recognize cd

[Guest soscc]

i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

inserted into the drives. i know the drives work because i can boot up with a

knoppix live cd and read cd's and play music in either drive.

 

i have removed the upperfilter and lowerfilter registry entries and removed

the drives from hardware manager and let windoze rediscover them and have

looked for updated drivers for the cd drives.

 

any other ideas?

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a few miles from nowhere...

[Guest PD43]

Re: windows doesn't recognize cd

 

soscc <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

>inserted into the drives.

 

That means that you can't see the drives listed in My Computer, right?

 

If you can see them, then the autoplay function of the drives is not

setup.

[Guest soscc]

Re: windows doesn't recognize cd

 

i can see the drives under my computer. it doesn't matter if it's a data disk

or a music disk. i get the message that the disk isn't recognized.

 

i ran the microsoft cd autorun fix. and it says that there are problems, but

it can't fix them. i can attach the log files if you want.

 

like i said, i know the drives work because i can use them under linux. %$#$

windoze.... :)

 

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a few miles from nowhere...

 

 

"PD43" wrote:

> soscc <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

> >inserted into the drives.

>

> That means that you can't see the drives listed in My Computer, right?

>

> If you can see them, then the autoplay function of the drives is not

> setup.

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: windows doesn't recognize cd

 

Are the optical disks PATA ( Parallel ATA ) or SATA based ? If PATA

you sometimes need to remove the Primary or Secondary controller from

the ATAPI/IDE controllers category in device Manager. Another thing to

consider is a firmware upgrade for the drives. Usually, after flashing the

firmware and a reboot, XP will automatically re-enumerate the device as

a new instance in the CD/DVD category. Also you should check the

controller Advanced (TAB) and make sure the appropriate taps are

set to Auto detection.

 

"soscc" <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:195FE05D-C648-4E55-9C99-59CFE5FB6883@microsoft.com...

>i can see the drives under my computer. it doesn't matter if it's a data

>disk

> or a music disk. i get the message that the disk isn't recognized.

>

> i ran the microsoft cd autorun fix. and it says that there are problems,

> but

> it can't fix them. i can attach the log files if you want.

>

> like i said, i know the drives work because i can use them under linux.

> %$#$

> windoze.... :)

>

> --

> a few miles from nowhere...

>

>

> "PD43" wrote:

>

>> soscc <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>> >i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

>> >inserted into the drives.

>>

>> That means that you can't see the drives listed in My Computer, right?

>>

>> If you can see them, then the autoplay function of the drives is not

>> setup.

>>

[Guest soscc]

Re: windows doesn't recognize cd

 

they are pata drives.

 

i have removed the controllers and the drives and they reenumerated ok. the

dvd drive in the chain seems to work ok on dvd's, but if i put a data or

music cd in it i get an error saying "windows cannot read from this disk. the

disk could be corrupt or an incompatible format." i put a new dvd/rw drive in

in replacement of the hp cd/rw drive. it reads dvd's ok, but data and music

disks get the same error.

 

any new ideas? ty for your help so far.

--

a few miles from nowhere...

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Are the optical disks PATA ( Parallel ATA ) or SATA based ? If PATA

> you sometimes need to remove the Primary or Secondary controller from

> the ATAPI/IDE controllers category in device Manager. Another thing to

> consider is a firmware upgrade for the drives. Usually, after flashing the

> firmware and a reboot, XP will automatically re-enumerate the device as

> a new instance in the CD/DVD category. Also you should check the

> controller Advanced (TAB) and make sure the appropriate taps are

> set to Auto detection.

>

> "soscc" <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:195FE05D-C648-4E55-9C99-59CFE5FB6883@microsoft.com...

> >i can see the drives under my computer. it doesn't matter if it's a data

> >disk

> > or a music disk. i get the message that the disk isn't recognized.

> >

> > i ran the microsoft cd autorun fix. and it says that there are problems,

> > but

> > it can't fix them. i can attach the log files if you want.

> >

> > like i said, i know the drives work because i can use them under linux.

> > %$#$

> > windoze.... :)

> >

> > --

> > a few miles from nowhere...

> >

> >

> > "PD43" wrote:

> >

> >> soscc <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>

> >> >i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

> >> >inserted into the drives.

> >>

> >> That means that you can't see the drives listed in My Computer, right?

> >>

> >> If you can see them, then the autoplay function of the drives is not

> >> setup.

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest soscc]

Re: windows doesn't recognize cd

 

the drives are pata.

 

i removed the controllers and the drives and they re-enumerated.

 

i can put a dvd into the pioneer dvd drive and it reads it ok. if i put a

data or music cd in i get a "windows cannot read from this disk. the disk

could be corrupt or an incompatible format."

 

i replaced the hp cd-rw drive in the chain with a dvd/rw and the same thing

occurs, i can read dvd's but not data or music cd's.

 

i checked the autoplay stuff and it seems to be set properly. dvd's are

recognized and it reads the label. data and music cd's show up as cd drive.

 

 

thanks for your help so far. any other ideas?

 

--

a few miles from nowhere...

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Are the optical disks PATA ( Parallel ATA ) or SATA based ? If PATA

> you sometimes need to remove the Primary or Secondary controller from

> the ATAPI/IDE controllers category in device Manager. Another thing to

> consider is a firmware upgrade for the drives. Usually, after flashing the

> firmware and a reboot, XP will automatically re-enumerate the device as

> a new instance in the CD/DVD category. Also you should check the

> controller Advanced (TAB) and make sure the appropriate taps are

> set to Auto detection.

>

> "soscc" <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:195FE05D-C648-4E55-9C99-59CFE5FB6883@microsoft.com...

> >i can see the drives under my computer. it doesn't matter if it's a data

> >disk

> > or a music disk. i get the message that the disk isn't recognized.

> >

> > i ran the microsoft cd autorun fix. and it says that there are problems,

> > but

> > it can't fix them. i can attach the log files if you want.

> >

> > like i said, i know the drives work because i can use them under linux.

> > %$#$

> > windoze.... :)

> >

> > --

> > a few miles from nowhere...

> >

> >

> > "PD43" wrote:

> >

> >> soscc <soscc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>

> >> >i have a xp home system that windows doesn't recognize any cd's that are

> >> >inserted into the drives.

> >>

> >> That means that you can't see the drives listed in My Computer, right?

> >>

> >> If you can see them, then the autoplay function of the drives is not

> >> setup.

> >>

>

>

>