CD/DVD drive help required

[DIW35]

Have a really strange problem that is totally defeating me at the moment. My D: drive, which I use for writing CDs and DVDs is being a bit temperemental. When trying to write to a blank CD or blank DVD from Windows File Manager, it keeps asking me to insert a disc, despite there being a disc in there.

It quite happily recognises pre-recorded discs, and allows me to play them. I was able to write a music cd via iTunes, so it is obviously not a physical problem with the drive itself, but apparently a software problem within Windows File Manager.

Just wondering if anyone knows of any settings that may have been corrupted that I can reset to get it working again?

p.s. The autoplay function doesn't appear to be working either, and wonder if this is connected?

[Trooper2]

Check this setting:


Control Panel> Performance and Maintenance> Administrative Tools> Services> "Shell Hardware Detection" /Is it set to automatic? if not then set to automatic.

Edited by Trooper2 on Friday 28th September 22:19

[TheLearner]

Installed any games recently? Played old Sony music CD from the last year?

If so, you could be experiencing an issue with the copy protection mechanisms embeded in them (StarForce being a rather nasty one). Give your system a sweep with SpyBot and AdAware; do it in safe mode as well.

Just playing a hunch.

I'd also go in to Windows control panel, pull up the properties for the CD/DVD drive and make use UDMA and such is enabled. It not being could be a symptom of above, a bad cable, a bad Windows driver (hey, it happens), or the drive going wonky.

[DIW35]

I just know it's going to be something simple, but I haven't found it yet.

Haven't installed any games lately or listened to any old cds. Shell Hardware Detection is set to automatic, but still the problem continues.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, but no cigars this time.

Thinking back, the only thing I have done recently is to use Ashampoo Winoptimizer to do a defrag and to clear out unwanted files.

Edited by DIW35 on Friday 28th September 23:08

[Trooper2]

Then take a gander here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...

...and here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135

[DIW35]

Thanks Trooper. The 'fixit' program from Microsoft seems to have done the trick. Don't know what the problem actually was, or how it occurred, but all seems to be well now so I'm a happy bunny.