Vista - DVD doesnt show after install

I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.

TIA

Mark

>I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
> that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
> anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
> once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>


Maybe the driver for your brand of DVD drive needs updating. Check with the
drive manufacturer for a Vista driver.

DH

Hi,

Common problem, occured in WinXP as well, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

<mrmgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
> that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
> anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
> once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>

Hi,

Wasn't a driver issue (there were no problems under XP) I ended up
having to change both devices to cable select (they were previously
Master and Slave) and they both now work without having changed
anything else.

Regards

Mark

On Feb 10, 1:13 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Common problem, occured in WinXP as well, see:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>
> <mrmgro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171067079.082452.104130@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
> > that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
> > anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
> > once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.
>
> > TIA
>
> > Mark

Hi,

Glad to hear it's resolved. It's not usually the driver error, it's the
registry entries discussed in the first solution about 90% of the time. If
changing the cable settings worked, then great!

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

<mrmgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171078319.255586.176540@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> Wasn't a driver issue (there were no problems under XP) I ended up
> having to change both devices to cable select (they were previously
> Master and Slave) and they both now work without having changed
> anything else.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
> On Feb 10, 1:13 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Common problem, occured in WinXP as well,
>> see:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
>> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> <mrmgro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1171067079.082452.104130@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >I installed Vista Business from the DVD drive with no problems. Now
>> > that Vista is running the DVD cannot be seen (in device manager or
>> > anywhere). I can boot the PC off of the DVD without issue its just
>> > once I start Vista that it cant be used. Anyone have any ideas.
>>
>> > TIA
>>
>> > Mark
>
>

Just a follow up on this issue. After working perfectly for nearly 3
weeks my DVD or CD drives stopped working. Looked in the device
manager and sure enough both were flagged as not working. I tried the
fixes in the support link shown above and still no go. Tried a few
other things and after about 4 hours of trying I finally gave up and
formatted the HDD and reinstalled XP. Both drives are functioning
perfectly. I will wait on loading Vista now until my next motherboard/
processor upgrade.