Vista recognizes my DVD/RW as CD drive only

I had a ASUS DVD/RW installed in my PC but when you open windows explorer it only reads as CD drive. I checked on the device manager and Vista recognizes the correct model of the DVD/RW drive. I did some research and found some forums that says that the registry might be the problem. I tried to scan and fix registry errors and tried to reboot but it still didn't fix the problem. Before that, I also tried to physically connect and disconnect the DVD/RW drive and even changed the IDE connected to the drive but the problem still exists. I also tried to check on the updated driver but I already had the updated driver installed. I even tried to uninstall the drive and reboot to reinstall it but the same problem exists. Hope someone could help me.

Hi,

If I remember this was an issue in SP1 versions & Vista is now at SP2 plus others.

So, is this windows system fully updated on this machine?

Thanks for the reply. My Vista is already updated to SP2. I have read last night in one of the forums that this is caused by installing a software not compatible with Vista. I tried to uninstall the said application and uninstall the drive then restart the computer but still the said problem is not resolved. The last resort I am thinking is to reformat my pc but I am still looking for any possible solution before I do that.

What program are you talking about? Have you tried a restore point?

Try this first before reformatting

press Windows key and R
Type regedit, and then click OK.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.
In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right pane, click UpperFilters.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
In the right pane, click LowerFilters.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer.

ilikefree said:

Try this first before reformatting

press Windows key and R
Type regedit, and then click OK.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.
In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right pane, click UpperFilters.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
In the right pane, click LowerFilters.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer.

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Thanks for your reply but I already tried it and still it doesn't work.

townsbg said:

What program are you talking about? Have you tried a restore point?

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Its an old game that I installed and not an application software. I tried uninstalling it then uninstall the drive then restart the PC but still doesn't work.