cd/dvd combo drive problems

[Richard]

I tried to upgrade my system from Windows 98 to XP professional.
Everything went smoothy except that under xp my internal combo drive
does not work. XP recognizes the drive and I can get a directory listing
of any cd or dvd; however, when I actually try to access any data file on
the cd (or dvd) I get various error messsages (depending on the file type).
If it's an audio file nothing happens, if it is a video dvd it complains of
being unable to read the file, if it is an executable it says it is
not a win32 file.
The drive is a I/OMagic 52x24x52/16x Internal cd-rw & DVD-Rom Combo Drive.
It did not come with any drivers, it is just a standard IDE device and
xp recognizes it as such.
The drives works absolutely flawless in allmodes under Windows 98.

Help!
Richard

 

[Guest]

I tried to upgrade my system from Windows 98 to XP professional.
Everything went smoothy except that under xp my internal combo drive
does not work. XP recognizes the drive and I can get a directory listing
of any cd or dvd; however, when I actually try to access any data file on
the cd (or dvd) I get various error messsages (depending on the file type).
If it's an audio file nothing happens, if it is a video dvd it complains of
being unable to read the file, if it is an executable it says it is
not a win32 file.
The drive is a I/OMagic 52x24x52/16x Internal cd-rw & DVD-Rom Combo Drive.
It did not come with any drivers, it is just a standard IDE device and
xp recognizes it as such.
The drives works absolutely flawless in allmodes under Windows 98.

Help!
Richard

 

[Henrik Ladefoged]

The problem is most likely not the driver but in the controller. Try change
the IDE ATA/ATAPI-controller from DMA to PIO. That should do the trick.

Regards,

Henrik