CD-RW misidentified as SCSI

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Normally this is just a small annoyance, but see my last paragraph. On
my WinXP Pro SP1, going into My Computer has unpredictable results
in displaying my optical drives. At times it will show 4 or 5 drives
when there are actually only 2, one Atapi DVD-RW and one Atapi CD-RW.
Thus, clicking one's icon to open it sometimes results in drive not
found, even though I've got an icon. Belarc Advisor lists 3, when there
are only 2:

_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A [CD-ROM drive]
LG CD-RW CED-8083B [CD-ROM drive]
OG3998O IGT142K SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

The first two are correct. The last one, the SCSI CdRom Device, doesn't
exist in my system. Belarc also says I have a SCSI/RAID Host
Controller. Both Aida32 and WinAudit report this sprurious OG SCSI
drive. XP's Add Hardware CP sees this spurious thing, but not the true
LG CD-RW.

Fresh Diagnose reports no SCSI available and no OG drive. Correct.
I just tried using Nero to
copy a personal unprotected audio CD from my DVD drive to my CD drive,
and Nero doesn't 'see' the LG but instead this non-existent SCSI drive,
thus Copy is ghosted.
 
RobH said:
Normally this is just a small annoyance, but see my last paragraph. On
my WinXP Pro SP1, going into My Computer has unpredictable results
in displaying my optical drives. At times it will show 4 or 5 drives
when there are actually only 2, one Atapi DVD-RW and one Atapi CD-RW.
Thus, clicking one's icon to open it sometimes results in drive not
found, even though I've got an icon. Belarc Advisor lists 3, when
there are only 2:

_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A [CD-ROM drive]
LG CD-RW CED-8083B [CD-ROM drive]
OG3998O IGT142K SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

The first two are correct. The last one, the SCSI CdRom Device,
doesn't exist in my system. Belarc also says I have a SCSI/RAID Host
Controller. Both Aida32 and WinAudit report this sprurious OG SCSI
drive. XP's Add Hardware CP sees this spurious thing, but not the true
LG CD-RW.

Fresh Diagnose reports no SCSI available and no OG drive. Correct.
I just tried using Nero to
copy a personal unprotected audio CD from my DVD drive to my CD drive,
and Nero doesn't 'see' the LG but instead this non-existent SCSI
drive, thus Copy is ghosted.
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