XP Won't recognize CD/DVD ROM Drives

My install of XP was workings fine until a couple of days ago.
Now XP has a problen with any CD/DVD ROM drive, even virtual ones
like Daemon Tools. The Drives are not assigned drive letters,
device manager shows any CD/DVD drive with a Yellow Exclamation
mark. The error message under properties says: "Windows cannot
start this hardware device because its configuration information (in
the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"

I've tried deleting the drives from the device driver and
reinstalling, but I have the same problem. The DVD drive is
recognized by the bios when I check for it at boot up.

How can I get XP to recognize my DVD Drives?

Thanks

DR M


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DR M <dr_em@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> My install of XP was workings fine until a couple of days
> ago. Now XP has a problen with any CD/DVD ROM drive, even
> virtual ones like Daemon Tools. The Drives are not
> assigned drive letters, device manager shows any CD/DVD
> drive with a Yellow Exclamation mark. The error message
> under properties says: "Windows cannot start this hardware
> device because its configuration information (in the
> registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"
>
> I've tried deleting the drives from the device driver and
> reinstalling, but I have the same problem. The DVD drive
> is recognized by the bios when I check for it at boot up.
>
> How can I get XP to recognize my DVD Drives?
>
> Thanks
>
> DR M

Google for "XP does not recognize DVD drive" and variations
thereof. MS has a fairly fix for this on their site I believe.

The reason the BIOS recognizes the drives is because the BASIC
CD/DVD drive drivers/hardware have been the same for ages. It's
Windows that is screwing you up, OR something went wrong with
your CD/DVD burning/virtual drive program(s). Do NOT use the
burner that comes with XP. I don't know why the virtual drives
don't work - try a Google search for that - ie using the word
"virtual CD drive" as well.

You /might/ try uninstalling Daemon as well, I can't BELIEVE
it's a 10MB DL! There are several similar tools, one of which is
a 160KB (sic) plugin for Total Commander, the best file manager
around.

Here's a FREE drive emulator program - an old version of which I
have been using for years, works perfectly:

http://www.paragon-software.com/home.../download.html

www.imgburn.com has a free burner program which is recommended
by many people - I haven't tried it myself but that is fairly
irrelevant. I have seen a LOT of very good comments.

You /might/ find everything starts to work just after getting
rid of daemon and/or installing the imgburn program or another
virtual drive program.


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thanatoid wrote:
> DR M <dr_em@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:m7GdncfEW49Y4PLWnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@giganews.com :
>
>> My install of XP was workings fine until a couple of days
>> ago. Now XP has a problen with any CD/DVD ROM drive, even
>> virtual ones like Daemon Tools. The Drives are not
>> assigned drive letters, device manager shows any CD/DVD
>> drive with a Yellow Exclamation mark. The error message
>> under properties says: "Windows cannot start this hardware
>> device because its configuration information (in the
>> registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"
>>
>> I've tried deleting the drives from the device driver and
>> reinstalling, but I have the same problem. The DVD drive
>> is recognized by the bios when I check for it at boot up.
>>
>> How can I get XP to recognize my DVD Drives?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> DR M
>
> Google for "XP does not recognize DVD drive" and variations
> thereof. MS has a fairly fix for this on their site I believe.
>
> The reason the BIOS recognizes the drives is because the BASIC
> CD/DVD drive drivers/hardware have been the same for ages. It's
> Windows that is screwing you up, OR something went wrong with
> your CD/DVD burning/virtual drive program(s). Do NOT use the
> burner that comes with XP. I don't know why the virtual drives
> don't work - try a Google search for that - ie using the word
> "virtual CD drive" as well.
>
> You /might/ try uninstalling Daemon as well, I can't BELIEVE
> it's a 10MB DL!

Now THAT is surprising! Sounds a bit bloated. However, VLC being 20 MB
is also surprising. aka, there are too many albatrosses in the sea...
:-)

Thanks T:
Maybe the software burning program could be at fault, I'm using Nero
but I've noticed that ISO files have stopped being associated with
any programs while they were associated with Nero before. This
happened at the same time I couldn't find the DVD drives.

Thanks for the tip on the plug in, I use the same file manager.

DR M.


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DR M wrote:
> My install of XP was working fine until a couple of days ago.
> Now XP has a problem with any CD/DVD ROM drive, even virtual ones
> like Daemon Tools. The Drives are not assigned drive letters,
> Device Manager shows any CD/DVD drive with a yellow exclamation
> mark. The error message under properties says: "Windows cannot
> start this hardware device because its configuration information (in
> the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"
>
> I've tried deleting the drives from the device driver and
> reinstalling, but I have the same problem. The DVD drive is
> recognized by the BIOS when I check for it at boot up.
>
> How can I get XP to recognize my DVD Drives?
>
> Thanks
>
> DR M

CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

Line 399 (r-h column) Restore CD/DVD in Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

After trying a couple of the above, you might need this:

No Drives
Click Start, Run, and Copy/Paste the following, which needs to be all on
one command line:

reg.exe delete
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v
"NoDrives"

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DR M <dr_em@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:5s-dnY-aeb2fA_LWnZ2dnUVZ_gBi4p2d@giganews.com:

> Thanks T:
> Maybe the software burning program could be at fault, I'm
> using Nero but I've noticed that ISO files have stopped
> being associated with any programs while they were
> associated with Nero before. This happened at the same
> time I couldn't find the DVD drives.

Nero is the most illogical infuriating software I've ever used.
After trying about 10 burning programs about 8 years ago, I
bought CRDWin from www.goldenhawk.com.

That was before imgburn was out, I believe. According to
comments I've read, imgburn appears to combine the best of
CDRWin and the best of a few others.

> Thanks for the tip on the plug in, I use the same file
> manager.

YW - I haven't used it (as I /think/ I said) but I don't think
Ghisler would endorse it if it didn't work well.


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Thanks to all for your suggestions

the CDGONE.zip fix did the trick. Again thank you all for the help
and suggestions.

DR M


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thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in
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I typed GB's, I meant MB's. Obviously.



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DR M wrote:
> Thanks to all for your suggestions
>
> the CDGONE.zip fix did the trick. Again thank you all for the help
> and suggestions.
>
> DR M

That's great news! Thanks for posting the solution.

Previously posted text follows:

CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

Line 399 (r-h column) Restore CD/DVD in Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

After trying a couple of the above, you might need this:

No Drives
Click Start, Run, and Copy/Paste the following, which needs to be all on
one command line:

reg.exe delete
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Po licies\Explorer" /v
"NoDrives"

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Take a look here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060



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"DR M" <dr_em@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:m7GdncfEW49Y4PLWnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> My install of XP was workings fine until a couple of days ago.
> Now XP has a problen with any CD/DVD ROM drive, even virtual ones
> like Daemon Tools. The Drives are not assigned drive letters,
> device manager shows any CD/DVD drive with a Yellow Exclamation
> mark. The error message under properties says: "Windows cannot
> start this hardware device because its configuration information (in
> the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"
>
> I've tried deleting the drives from the device driver and
> reinstalling, but I have the same problem. The DVD drive is
> recognized by the bios when I check for it at boot up.
>
> How can I get XP to recognize my DVD Drives?
>
> Thanks
>
> DR M
>
>
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