XP won't recognize CD change

[larsli]

My Windows XP suddenly won't recognize that I put a new CD/DVD in either my DVD-ROM or my DVD-RW player. It finds the first CD/DVD I put in, but when I change to a new one, the contents of the last disc still shows, and I have to deactivate and reactivate the unit to read the new disc. I think it might have happened when I installed ASPI layer. I've tried to remove and reinstall ASPI (4.71.2) but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Something I have to remove in the registry maybe?

[pharlap]

just go to device manager and uninstall secondary ide control restart computer it will detect new drives and set up Dma and you'll have no probs

[larsli]

Hi! Thanks for the answer, but it made no difference. Any other suggestions?

[parsonsj]

There is this from Microsoft

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314939&Product=winxp


it basically says it was fixed in sp-1

do you have auto run turned off?

try doing a right click and eject from the menu and see if it updates.

you might try something like regSupreme from www.macecraft.com it looks at your registry for errors. I did mine the other night and had 1500 things that shouldn't have been there.

[larsli]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have sp1, and it does not help to refresh. Right clicking and selecting eject sometimes does the trick but usually not. Auto run is turned off. I actually have to deactivate the drive and reactivate it again for it to read the new cd. Guess I'll try the registry thing. Looks like something is really screwed up.

[parsonsj]

try turning on auto insert notification. I haven't seen a certain cure yet.

[jeex]

this was happening to me.. i think it was related to installing anydvd, or maybe running the alcohol 120% virtual drive.

it was really not a big deal, everything worked okay, it just didnt properly display the TOC & disc label.