Device Manager indicates this device (listed as a dvd/cd-rom device) is working properly.
It does not read any type of disk (none of the software for burning or reading seem to "start" the drive).
This pretty much happened "over-night" but shortly after a windows update (operating sys: it's running XP).
Listed under "disk drives" in device manager is the ST9808211A which was the same (except before the suggested MS-autofix it was listed right under "dvd/cd-rom drives", not under "disk drives" (but no matter the location, the drive still doesn't read anything)!
PC is an HP laptop (pavillion entertainment), drive is a lightscribe (TSSTcorp TS L532M) that reads and writes DVDs, CD-R/RW...uninstalling the device and the driver (from MS site) did not have any effect. Any idea if there is another fix, anyone???
Double-checked with hubby, he insists he did not d/l anything to laptop (said he wouldn't, since it's mine)., checked files by date (last couple of days), nothing new seems to be "hovering" anywhere.
Virus check revealed nothing (rest of system is running fine)...quite frankly, I am at a loss (but starting to sound like "needs-a-new-dvd/cd-burner-syndrome"...lol)! Haven't really used the drive during the first 2 years, now it's dead after burning about 20 disks within 12 days...lol...
(oh, and for those suggesting the "upper/lower filter fix: believe it or not, regedit search for "filter" or "lower filter" revealed none found...lol)!
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Jul 03, 2009
- Tried just about anything I could think of...(click on the underlined *more* after the "chopped" message to see what length I went to...lol).
HP system restore "bit the dust" after the first "MS update" install and would not re-install (error messages of incomplete install every time I tried to at the HP site). There is no older driver to back up to...I have started to suspect a file "conflict" (maybe an over-write from the "MS update").
But while we're on the subject another question: Just used ROXIO to burn a perfectly good DVD (data disk via "roxio classic" menu option), now Roxio tells me "no disk in drive" as I am trying to burn my second one...lol (using verbatim DVD-R 4.7, a decent "mid-level" disk, never had problems with those before, but just to be sure it wasn't that one disk, I tried 6 more off the stack with the same result, even tried to reboot the machine, to no avail). I am near "my wits end"...LOL...now my desktop is trying to "rival" my laptop...ROFL. (arrrrrrgh!)Jul 03, 2009
- wayneard: it's a HP pavillion entertainment notebook PC (dv1000)
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