Re: CD R/RW can't read any disks after XP

[Callahan]

Have you checked for updated firmware from the drive manufacturer?

"Louis" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I had the same problem when i installed roxio Easy CD
> >creator.....i downloaded the XP compatible drivers from
> >roxio website and it worked fine.....have u installed XP
> >compatible drivers?
>
> yes i did this already
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>after upgrade to XP from ME i can't read discs
> >>in my CD-RW (D:) drive. the system recognizes
> >>my drive is still there, it didn't vanish, and
> >>sees that a disk has been inserted but starts a
> >>file search / read attempt that comes up with
> >>nothing. i originally installed XP from this
> >>drive but had to use my DVD-ROM (E:) drive to
> >>add backup utility later. these are original
> >>drives on an HP8775c, not added later. the
> >>CD-R/RW is shown as IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 using
> >>microsoft driver 07/01/2001 5.1.2525.0 and
> >>reportedly is the most current driver available.
> >>i have already updated system bios as well.
> >>running with 512Mb memory & 60Gb hard drive.
> >>
> >>device manager says drive & driver are working
> >>fine with no problems. i did not yet convert
> >>file system from FAT32 to NTFS. this happens
> >>with previously burned data cd's, audio cd's,
> >>original installation cd's or anything.
> >>explorer is still able to read all of these same
> >>discs in my DVD-ROM drive with no problem which
> >>enabled me to complete software reinstalls.
> >>
> >>i previously had EZ CD creator 5 platinum
> >>installed. i uninstalled this, reinstalled it
> >>and continued with the upgrade to EZ CD creator 6
> >>which was done through the DVD-ROM drive.
> >>
> >>i don't recall if this happened immediately after
> >>the XP install or after uninstalling EZ CD 5.
> >>i have installed the 6x driver updates from Roxio
> >>already. same issue comes up when trying to burn
> >>either CD-R or CD-R/RW as it cant read / recognize
> >>the blank.
> >>
> >>any suggestions?
> >>Louis
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

[Louis]

this is apparently an HP CD-R/RW. i downloaded the only
XP driver update they had for my 8775c pc which turned out
to be for a samsung cd r/rw. when i tried to install it
the system refused saying it was not the correct one for
the unit.
haven't been able to check for response from HP as after a
week of my cable modem working fine with XP it now refuses
to acknowledge its' existence. i am accessing this
newsgroup from an older pc running windows 98 through this
very same cable modem.
am i getting frustrated ??..... just a little

louis
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you checked for updated firmware from the drive
manufacturer?
>
>"Louis" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I had the same problem when i installed roxio Easy CD
>> >creator.....i downloaded the XP compatible drivers from
>> >roxio website and it worked fine.....have u installed
XP
>> >compatible drivers?
>>
>> yes i did this already
>>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>after upgrade to XP from ME i can't read discs
>> >>in my CD-RW (D:) drive. the system recognizes
>> >>my drive is still there, it didn't vanish, and
>> >>sees that a disk has been inserted but starts a
>> >>file search / read attempt that comes up with
>> >>nothing. i originally installed XP from this
>> >>drive but had to use my DVD-ROM (E:) drive to
>> >>add backup utility later. these are original
>> >>drives on an HP8775c, not added later. the
>> >>CD-R/RW is shown as IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 using
>> >>microsoft driver 07/01/2001 5.1.2525.0 and
>> >>reportedly is the most current driver available.
>> >>i have already updated system bios as well.
>> >>running with 512Mb memory & 60Gb hard drive.
>> >>
>> >>device manager says drive & driver are working
>> >>fine with no problems. i did not yet convert
>> >>file system from FAT32 to NTFS. this happens
>> >>with previously burned data cd's, audio cd's,
>> >>original installation cd's or anything.
>> >>explorer is still able to read all of these same
>> >>discs in my DVD-ROM drive with no problem which
>> >>enabled me to complete software reinstalls.
>> >>
>> >>i previously had EZ CD creator 5 platinum
>> >>installed. i uninstalled this, reinstalled it
>> >>and continued with the upgrade to EZ CD creator 6
>> >>which was done through the DVD-ROM drive.
>> >>
>> >>i don't recall if this happened immediately after
>> >>the XP install or after uninstalling EZ CD 5.
>> >>i have installed the 6x driver updates from Roxio
>> >>already. same issue comes up when trying to burn
>> >>either CD-R or CD-R/RW as it cant read / recognize
>> >>the blank.
>> >>
>> >>any suggestions?
>> >>Louis
>> >>.
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
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