Quick, My CD Drives are NOT working!!!

[skip2mylou]

hey please help, wat do i do, i need to burn a disc urgently. please help, thanks

[jtoolman2000]

Help !!!!!! My crystal ball is not working!!!!

[skip2mylou]

Excuse me? um i really need help to get my burner up becuase i need to burn a disk. i dont knwo wat other information to give... thanks.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Maybe it would be a good idea if you give us a little more information....

[skip2mylou]

well, i tried to burn a disk, ISO -> DVD with DVDDecrypter, and it said that NO drive was detected. then i go to device manager, and there are exclamation marks on my 2 CD drives (my burner drive included) and my 2 image drives. and now i dont knwo wat to do to burn a DVD. thanks

[waheed]

I think it may be a driver problem. Try either:

Restrating your PC

Using your Win XP CD to re-install the driver from Control Panel (where you see the exclamation marks) double click on that, go to the driver tab, and update or re-install the driver.

[skip2mylou]

yeah i thoguth it would be a driver prob, too but i cant find any online, the restart thing didnt work, im gonna try that the XP cd thing, thanks that is if i can find my Win XP CD :P

[skip2mylou]

but wait a sec, if my disk drive is not working, wat good will the CD do?

[waheed]

Sorry, i think that skipped my mind

Try this approach:

Disconnect the cable of your drives, switch PC on, shut down again, connect the cables back on, and hopefully, when you start your pc again, the drives should be auto-dectected by Win XP.

[skip2mylou]

well my drives are internal, how do i disconnect their cables? thanks

[thevoelk]

Windows has the problem with the drive, not DO. Boot to your CD. If you're getting a "Device Cannot Start (Code 10/19)" search google for "Delete Upper and Lower Filters".

[skip2mylou]

Windows has the problem with the drive, not DO. Boot to your CD. If you're getting a "Device Cannot Start (Code 10/19)" search google for "Delete Upper and Lower Filters".

im sorry i cant say that i understand what you mean , what is DO? secondly, how do i boot my CD, if the drive is not working?, and how would i get the error DEVOCE CAN NOT START? thanks

[waheed]

well my drives are internal, how do i disconnect their cables? thanks

By opening your towercase. Disconnect the IDE cables (the grey one connected to the CD/DVD drives)

[thevoelk]

I meant DOS, my keyboard sticks. The error will be inDevice Manager, right click on My Computer and go to Properties-->Hardware-->Device Manager. The drives should be listed with an exclamation point over them. Double click on the drive and it should say something similar. Search google for the error code, it will take you to a microsoft support page with a knowledge base article. You will have to edit the registry, be careful. Most likely your recording software screwed something up.

[skip2mylou]

actually i made it more complicated than it had to be. i simply did a system restore and all was back to normal
i would like to thank you all for answering to this post so quickly, i really appreciate it, thanks