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| Thread ID: 55894 | 2005-03-22 04:28:00 | my cd rom read as dvd...Cant play cds | bigmit37 (7537) | Press F1 |
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| 336701 | 2005-03-22 04:28:00 | I am not sure exactly how that occured...but I was trying to get this game working and went to: regedit and then looking around with the hkey_ local_ machines---hardware----Devicemap---Scsi---ports But somehow something changed and I am not sure exactly what...and now my cdrom is labeled as dvd rom yet im not sure if that caused this situation...Now my drive is labeled as dvd drive and it is not reading cds....any suggestions please.. img167.exs.cx img7.exs.cx |
bigmit37 (7537) | ||
| 336702 | 2005-03-22 05:22:00 | Just do a system restore. | pctek (84) | ||
| 336703 | 2005-03-22 06:15:00 | i tried a system restore but for some reason..its still screwed up and for some reason I can only system restore for yesterday and the system restore doesnt seem to be doing anything.... | bigmit37 (7537) | ||
| 336704 | 2005-03-22 06:23:00 | uninstall and re-install the drive | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 336705 | 2005-03-22 06:35:00 | Windows first identifies the hardware and then loads on a compatible driver,if its identified it wrongly then simply uninstalling the drive via device manager or actually unpluging the drive wont help,its got a record of what it thinks it is and reloads the wrong driver. The memory of what it thinks it is,is located in the registry and the key needs to be delted for it to start from scratch. Easy enough. Though now im halfway through my post i decided to look at the screenshot, you should definitly uninstall all optical drive entris from the device manager first. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 336706 | 2005-03-22 08:34:00 | Exactly which registry should I be deleting...Thank you for you help I tried uninstalling the driver and now it the dvd drive has completely dissappeared....It not even acknowleding my D: drive... So im pretty sure its something with the registry...just not sure which key to delete... |
bigmit37 (7537) | ||
| 336707 | 2005-03-22 10:21:00 | so now your d drive doesn't even show up? 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. 3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} 4. On the File menu, click Export. 5. In the File name box, type savedkey, and then click Save. 6. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes. Note If this data type is missing, go to Method 2. 7. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes. 8. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the compute all of the above coutesy of the MS knowledge base,one of the best assets on the entire net |
Metla (12) | ||
| 336708 | 2005-03-22 16:54:00 | ahhhhhh I wish I read this sooner...I have performed a non-destructive recovery...but now I seem to have other problems...I am going to make a new thread or I just might back up some of my important stuff and just perform a full out system recovery... | bigmit37 (7537) | ||
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