Hi Coco,

Have you checked for a firmware update for the drive?

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Best of Luck,

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



"Coco" <Coco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, first time on these boards.
>
> I've just upgraded to Vista and I'm having a problem where my nec dvd_rw
> nd-4551a drive will not recognise that there is a disc in it. If I start
> up
> with a disc in, it works but If I start with no disc in it doesn't.
> According
> to the system the drivers are up to date so I can't get my head around the
> problem. It was workin perfectly before the upgrade.
>
> I can obviously get by, by just making sure their is a disc in when I boot
> up but it is not an ideal situation, Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.