CD drive does not recognize files within

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Nathan McNulty
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Lycilph wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm currently using Windows XP Pro which I updated to SP2 a while ago.
> Even before this update I was facing some major problems to read CDs
> from my combo drive DVD/CDRW. Actually I still have the same problems:
>
> A) So if I insert a CD the icon in XP changes but when I double click
> it's empty. The interesting part is that I can write CDs with this
> drive and Winamp can even recognize the drive and RIPs Audio Cds with
> no problem.
>
> B)One day I decided to uninstall the drive and restart the system..No
> luck and it didn't work.
>
> C) Already getting desperate I just disabled the CD drive and
> restared... Amazingly this worked... but only until the nex reboot...
>
>
> So I would like to ask you if anyone is having the same problesm and
> if there's anyone that could help me. I'm really getting desperate...
>
> I was thinking of changing the CD drive but somehow I think thta the
> problem is from the XP side. And also I don't want to throw money away
> just because XP is having a crisis..
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Lycilph