even with new dvd in the drive I still see the previous dvd

[slave1]

Hi all,


the problem is simple :

I remove dvd X from the drive and put dvd Y in it. The drive spins and I see my comp accessing the directory but when I go through windows explorer and look inside dvd Y I still see the files from dvd X.

If I reboot , then I see the files on dvd Y.

Anybody get an idea why this is happening. I tried removing my drive through the device manager and reinstalling it but it still does it. Also I upgraded my firmware but got the same results.

I know my drive is working because it can play any movies and access any files once I rebooted my system.

So would this be a problem with my drive or XP?


Thanks for your input

ps : my drive is a HP 300n

[adam]

Don't know but just right click and hit refresh. Problem solved.

[redwudz]

Here's a post from CD Freaks that seems similar:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=145253

You can find more by doing a Google search for 'explorer not refreshing with DVD change'

Sounds like you have another program running that is interfering with the auto refresh of explorer.

[SLK001]

I sometimes have to click on the My Computer icon (in Explorer, not on your Desktop), then hit refresh to get a proper display.

It's something about the system not seeing the "Drive Opened" signal and automatically refreshing the drive. It happens to me in both XP and 2000Pro.

[slave1]

Well after googling it (thanks redwudz for the best phrase possible) I came up with a few answers and it seems that a few programs were interfering with my drive.

Removing them and looking in ms-config and removing a few startup program solved the issue


Thanks all

Slave1

[jimmalenko]

So would this be a problem with my drive or XP?

Please update you computer details in your profile.


I thought you were running 98SE