DVD Drive Disappears

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This usually has something to do with Roxio software
tapping into your hardware drivers.
Roxio components are bundled into MediaPlayer, so even if
you never installed it, you have Roxio.
If you then install Nero, you can have all sorts of
disappearing drives.
Even without Nero, if you tamper with Roxio by
uninstalling, changing versions, etc. your drives can get
trashed in Explorer.
Computers start to get extremely glitchy as soon as you
start installing multiple types of DVD-decoders, MP3
codecs, etc. Computers like to have only one flavor of
codec or decoder for each type of multimedia format.
If you know you have only one, then there's something
wrong in the registry.
A common fix is to delete UpperFilters and LowerFilters.
Check this out:
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/uk [...] covery.jht
ml

>-----Original Message-----
>i have this happen from time to time with cd burners.
the problem appears
>to be with the burner, not the OS.
>
>"Andrew Chalk" <achalk@XXXmagnacartasoftware.com> wrote
in message
>news:ujQZ3CQTEHA.3700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I am running XP Pro. on my notebook. My DVD
drive "disappears" from
>Windows.
>> I.e. it ceases to be in the list of drives in Windows
Explorer, etc. About
>> once a week it does appear (!) and when it does it
works fine.
>>
>> Is this a known XP problem? Is there a fix?
>>
>> The notebook manufacturer (SAGER) has virtually non-
existent technical
>> support.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

I checked that registry key and there are no upper or lower filters. I
deinstalled MS Media Player 9 and still no change.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks.

"JeffO" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19a4501c44dae$6d3514a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> This usually has something to do with Roxio software
> tapping into your hardware drivers.
> Roxio components are bundled into MediaPlayer, so even if
> you never installed it, you have Roxio.
> If you then install Nero, you can have all sorts of
> disappearing drives.
> Even without Nero, if you tamper with Roxio by
> uninstalling, changing versions, etc. your drives can get
> trashed in Explorer.
> Computers start to get extremely glitchy as soon as you
> start installing multiple types of DVD-decoders, MP3
> codecs, etc. Computers like to have only one flavor of
> codec or decoder for each type of multimedia format.
> If you know you have only one, then there's something
> wrong in the registry.
> A common fix is to delete UpperFilters and LowerFilters.
> Check this out:
> http://www.roxio.com/en/support/uk [...] covery.jht
> ml
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >i have this happen from time to time with cd burners.
> the problem appears
> >to be with the burner, not the OS.
> >
> >"Andrew Chalk" <achalk@XXXmagnacartasoftware.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:ujQZ3CQTEHA.3700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> I am running XP Pro. on my notebook. My DVD
> drive "disappears" from
> >Windows.
> >> I.e. it ceases to be in the list of drives in Windows
> Explorer, etc. About
> >> once a week it does appear (!) and when it does it
> works fine.
> >>
> >> Is this a known XP problem? Is there a fix?
> >>
> >> The notebook manufacturer (SAGER) has virtually non-
> existent technical
> >> support.
> >>
> >> Many thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >