"doug" <doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Rock" wrote:
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>> "doug" <doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> > My DVD writer & CD writer are both locked in write mode, they will
>> > write
>> > but
>> > will not read. CD's show as blank disks. Can anyone help? I am runnning
>> > Vista
>> > home premium.
>>
>> Sorry Doug, I messed up. I inadvertently had two reply windows open for
>> your message and copied that link to an empty window and sent it by
>> itself
>> instead of adding it to the reply that had some questions. Here are the
>> questions:
>>
>> Has it always been this way or is it a recent change? If recent what
>> changed between when things worked and now? If it has always been this
>> way
>> is this a new computer with Vista preinstalled, or an older system on
>> which
>> you installed Vista? If the former have you talked with the computer's
>> tech
>> support? If the latter, was this an upgrade from XP, or a clean install?
>> Did the drives work ok in XP?
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>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
> This was an old machine which failed, I fitted a new motherboard, power
> suppy,keyboard,DVD writer,graphics
> card all of which were faulty. I was running XP but it was preinstalled so
> I had to buy an new OEM OS. This was a > clean install and worked ok. I'm
> not sure when the drives stopped working, I've used the oldest system
> restore
> without sucsess.
Sorry again Doug, I have been going back and forth between the Vista and XP
newsgroups, and in so doing forgot where I was. The links I gave you were
all for XP. There might be some similarities for Vista use. Here are some
for Vista. Also did you install any 3rd party CD / DVD burning software?
Optical drives do not work as expected after you upgrade a computer to
Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us
CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
Windows XP or Windows Vista Beta 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]