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| Thread ID: 81543 | 2007-07-30 23:40:00 | Renaming of DVD Drive(s) | johnnytrident (2592) | Press F1 |
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| 574383 | 2007-07-30 23:40:00 | Hi all, I have an annoying problem for which I can't find a cure. The DVD drive in My Computer often (though not always) renames itself on insertion of another CD or DVD. The drive letter does not change only the name. Somtimes the drive will sit for weeks with a label of a disk I have previously inserted even though several disks have been inserted since. Is there a way I can stop the renaming process altogether? I am running XP Pro SP 2 Thanks in advance for any help |
johnnytrident (2592) | ||
| 574384 | 2007-07-31 00:29:00 | Remove the drive using device managerm, then reboot. Windows will add it again on startup... that should fix the problem. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 574385 | 2007-08-01 05:02:00 | Why didn't I think of trying that? Seems to have worked thus far, I bow to greater wisdom. Thanks chief. :) :) :) |
johnnytrident (2592) | ||
| 574386 | 2007-08-01 09:47:00 | is auto-play disabled? when I disable auto-play of my optical drive on my computer sometimes disc label name does get stuck and don't update properly |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 574387 | 2007-08-01 11:27:00 | I think he's fixed the problem heni:thumbs: | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 574388 | 2007-08-02 06:37:00 | Seems I spoke too soon and I still have the problem . I have now discovered that the disc label name does correctly change if I reboot . Autoplay may in fact be disabled, if I put in a CD or DVD it doesn't start unless I select it . If I right click on the drive and open properties and then select the autoplay tab, I have the option of setting to default which I have done . This problem exists with both of my DVD RW drives which are of different makes . Still open for ideas folks and thanks for suggestions so far . |
johnnytrident (2592) | ||
| 574389 | 2007-08-02 07:33:00 | Probably a shot in the dark but see if there's a firmaware upgrade for your drives. I suspect that this has nothing to do with the problem but it may well fix it. You could try uninstalling, disconnecting the drives and then do a few reboots without the drives then reconnect them 1 at a time with a reboot in between. Hope that helps... Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 574390 | 2007-08-02 08:19:00 | It's "something" in Windows. I get this in W2k. Sometimes it updates; sometimes it doesn't. It's nothing to do with firmware in drives. I would not advise playing with firmware without a good reason. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 574391 | 2007-08-02 08:35:00 | Thanks guys, I get the feeling as well that it is a Windows problem. The fact that two different DVD drives on the same machine both have the same problem would tend to lend weight to this theory would it not? |
johnnytrident (2592) | ||
| 574392 | 2007-08-02 08:38:00 | Have you tried using the "Eject" option in the right-clock dropdown menu? I'm not sure if that affects the label, because I don't worry about it. So it's not a problem for me.;) | Graham L (2) | ||
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