DVD-ROM drive disappeared! (DVD-RAM+LG)

[jujube]

i bought a bulk version of this LG writer 4040B a few weeks ago. And i had been happy with it.

so i then decided to try out the DVD-RAM. i looked around this forum and saw i need RAM drivers. so i installed them.reboot. then my Drive disappeared!

help! PLEASE!

[smellycanine]

what OS are you using?

[jujube]

what OS are you using?

i'm using win2kpro. the funny thing is that my bios can detect the LG drive but no where else . oh dear

[jujube]

help!

[Kingnog]

1: Are you sure you followed the instructions...?

2: Uninstall the drivers!

[Will Hay]

My Panasonic DVD-Ram drive disapeared when I installed some region free software for my Pionner DVD-Rom.
Well, I say it disapeared, wWinXP only recognised it as DVD-Rom.
It only recognised it as a burner when I removed the software.
Will

[FOO]

You should lock your doors. I had a whole TV disappear once.

[dcsos]

Seriously tho with WIN 2K and Win 98 you need drivers..
Ugrade to XP and no drivers are needed..
If panasonic's drivers don't work..try these generic ones worked for me
www.softarch.com
of course, there is a charge ..dvd ram tune up i think its called

[Schmendrick]

I am using the LG DAD-8020B a real DVD-RAM-drive which can only burn or better to say write to DVD-RAM and non of the other formats and also a LG GRD-8162B-DVD-RAM-capable drive without any burn/write-ability. As a DVD-RAM-driver I have installed the newest DVD-RAM-driver for the LG-GSA-8081B and I do not have problems.

On WIN2KPro which I also use this driver was only required to enable the 8162 to be able to read UDF-2.01-formated DVD-RAMs. Prior to installation of the DVD-RAM-driver I was able to read UDF-1.02-formated DVD-RAMs.

As DVD-RAM-drives are treated as removable media possibly you are required to uninstall the DVD-RAM-drivers if you want to use the drive as a burner instead of a drive for removeable media and DVD-RAMs apparently are treated similar like ZIP-drives. But people who successfully are using LG-GSA-40-XX-drives with DVD-RAMs and at the same time burning DVD+-R/RWs with it should tell their experience.

By the way the LG SAD-8020B can with a DVD-RAM-software "Instant Write" from VOB (now Pinnacle).

CU

Schmendrick