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One Solution to DVD Drive Problem
Have been seeing a lot of problems on this newsgroup with Vista not
recognizing DVD drives. For what its worth, here is how I fixed mine. I had both an LG DVD writer and and a LG removable USB flash drive. On Beta 2 and RC-1, everything was fine. However, after upgrading RC-1 to Home Premium and installing updates, only the USB flash drive showed as installed. The DVD writer was missing and of course not operable. Since both were LG, I wondered if there was a driver conflict and I removed the flash drive Problem solved!! The DVD writer re-emerged and works fine. I suspect one of the 13 Vista updates installed after my upgrade may have had something to do with this...or it may just be peculiar to my system. But for those with a flash drive installed and having problems with their DVD drive, it can't hurt to try removing the flash drive to see if it helps....especially if the drives are the same make. |
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One Solution to DVD Drive Problem
Hsherman wrote:
Have been seeing a lot of problems on this newsgroup with Vista not recognizing DVD drives. For what its worth, here is how I fixed mine. I had both an LG DVD writer and and a LG removable USB flash drive. On Beta 2 and RC-1, everything was fine. However, after upgrading RC-1 to Home Premium and installing updates, only the USB flash drive showed as installed. The DVD writer was missing and of course not operable. Since both were LG, I wondered if there was a driver conflict and I removed the flash drive Problem solved!! The DVD writer re-emerged and works fine. I suspect one of the 13 Vista updates installed after my upgrade may have had something to do with this...or it may just be peculiar to my system. But for those with a flash drive installed and having problems with their DVD drive, it can't hurt to try removing the flash drive to see if it helps....especially if the drives are the same make. Interesting. Does that flash drive have the U3 software installed? I ask because my flash drive with U3 shows up in Vista as a CD device, of all things, and I'm wondering if that's where the conflict lies. (The flash drive didn't disable my DVD burner, however.) |
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One Solution to DVD Drive Problem
Don,
Here is the explanation for the SanDisk showing up as a CD device: As a work-around to the lack of Auto-Play for Flash drives, the U3 software must create two drive letters (one which presents itself as a CD to allow Windows' auto-play to start the launcher, and another for storing user data). Although this is the only way in which to implement the auto-start functionality required, it could be considered a kludge, and some argue that the extra drive letter created can be an annoyance. I found that explanation on the Internet. My SanDisk did the same thing, so I used the special uninstaller to remove all the U3 software. I didn't use the U3 stuff, so I got rid of it. You need the special removal tool available at the SanDisk website, otherwise you can't uninstall the U3. -- freddy "Don" wrote: Hsherman wrote: Have been seeing a lot of problems on this newsgroup with Vista not recognizing DVD drives. For what its worth, here is how I fixed mine. I had both an LG DVD writer and and a LG removable USB flash drive. On Beta 2 and RC-1, everything was fine. However, after upgrading RC-1 to Home Premium and installing updates, only the USB flash drive showed as installed. The DVD writer was missing and of course not operable. Since both were LG, I wondered if there was a driver conflict and I removed the flash drive Problem solved!! The DVD writer re-emerged and works fine. I suspect one of the 13 Vista updates installed after my upgrade may have had something to do with this...or it may just be peculiar to my system. But for those with a flash drive installed and having problems with their DVD drive, it can't hurt to try removing the flash drive to see if it helps....especially if the drives are the same make. Interesting. Does that flash drive have the U3 software installed? I ask because my flash drive with U3 shows up in Vista as a CD device, of all things, and I'm wondering if that's where the conflict lies. (The flash drive didn't disable my DVD burner, however.) |