I installed Nero burning rom but it won't run, it comes up as incompatible in
Vista and has been installled since just after the OS without any problem. I
am going to try a couple of things before tampering with the registry. Will
advise.
"Rock" wrote:
> "doug" <doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A69B1C55-5560-4F3D-8D54-787CF28D78AC@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "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?
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>