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Old November 6th 06, 11:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RAFA.PT
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Default DVD DEVICE MISSING

HELLO ALL I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE I HAD INSTALLING AND SOLVING THE
USUAL PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THIS NEW VISTA.OK HERE WE GO THE FIRST AND MAJOR
PROBLEM WAS......THE DAM DVD DRIVE...I INSTALLED THE VISTA RC1 DIRECTLY FROM
WIN XP EVERITHING WENT OK TILL THE END....BUT....WEN I TRIED TO PUT A CD IN
MY DVD PLAYER ....NOTHING ,THERE WAS NO DVD PLAYER LISTED IN MY COMP FOLDER
AND EVEN IN THE DEVICE MANAGER.....STRANGLY I ASKED.....BUT... IF THE O.S.
WAS INSTALLED COMPLETLY FROM IT,WHAT HAPPENED...?????THEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR
DVD DRIVE MODEL TO SEARCH FOR DRIVERS AND READED POSTS AND FINALY DECIDED TO
TAKE A LOOK IN MY MOTHERBOARD BOOK AND REALISED THE DRIVE WAS IN THE IDE SLOT
2.....BUT IT WAS WORKING PERFECT WITH XP....EVEN THAT WAY I DECIDED TO PUT
THE PLUGGER IN THE SLOT 1 REBBOOTED THE COMP AND THE MIRACLE HAPPENED.ITS
WORKING FINE WITH NO ASK FOR ANY DRIVERS FROM VISTA.....SO BIG FELLAS SHARING
THIS CRAPPY UNSTABLE O.S. IT WORTH THE TRY...HONESTLY...I DONT KNOW IF IT WAS
THE FACT OF CHANGING FROM IDE SLOT 2 TO 1 THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM BUT WELL
FELLAS GIVE IT A SHOT...