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2 DVD drives showing up as cd drives and not reading any discs

  • 18-04-2008 3:20pm
    #1
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭


    Running Win XP Pro.
    I have two drives, a dvd rom cd burner and a dvd dual layer burner.
    They were working correctly until today. Now they both show up as cd drives and neither can read a cd or dvd.

    I tried updating the drivers, uninstalling the drives and re-installing but no joy.

    Anyone have any suggestions?


Comments

  • #2
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,160 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Try using System Restore (Start Menu/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools) to restore your settings, registry etc back to a time when it all worked.


  • #3
    cgarrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭cgarrad


    right click my computer, hit manage and then disk management and have a look


  • #4
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭themole


    I tried system restore and no dice.

    As a last resort i disconnected and reconnected the ide cable and this seemed to sort out the issue. Strange since the drives were recognising there was a disk in the drive, but it was just showing up as 0 bytes.

    Anyway, thanks for the input.


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