DVD drive "device is not ready" in XP

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Tom Del Rosso

Under XP Pro, the DVD burner can't detect that a disc is present, whether
data or audio.

Bootable CDs can boot though, so the hardware's fine.

Reinstalling the driver doesn't help.

The mfg installer CD isn't any help, unless I can copy from their CD to a
flash drive on another PC.

Any other suggestions?
 
Ed said:
Hadn't encountered needing a driver for an optical drive in XP.

Maybe you could set a restore point or image C:, then try uninstalling
the driver in Device Manager, then rebooting.
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The driver was already uninstalled via device manager, followed by a reboot.
 
Tom said:
Under XP Pro, the DVD burner can't detect that a disc is present,
whether data or audio.
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Bootable CDs can boot though, so the hardware's fine.
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Reinstalling the driver doesn't help.
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The mfg installer CD isn't any help, unless I can copy from their CD to a flash drive on another PC.
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Any other suggestions?
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What happens if you boot a linux live CD or a Bart etc ?

Does it detect a disk is present in that situation ?

That would allow you to distinguish between an OS and a hardware problem.
 
Rod said:
What happens if you boot a linux live CD or a Bart etc ?

Does it detect a disk is present in that situation ?

That would allow you to distinguish between an OS and a hardware
problem.
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As I said, it does boot, and a Linux live CD is what I used.

I was about to try finding anything unusual in

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

but the drive now works.

Thanks anyway.

Just to make a note, yesterday I installed ASPI32 and then removed it,
because it didn't help. Nothing was in the event logs before that change,
but I probably didn't try reading a CD or looking at the logs again after
removing ASPI32, until now. At boot time, the system log says, "The
following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32"

The ASPI files are definitely gone, but the installer loaded this reg file,
but didn't remove the keys/values when uninstalling.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32]
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""
 
As I said, it does boot, and a Linux live CD is what I used.
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What I meant was using the DVD drive after doing that, not just for the boot.
I was about to try finding anything unusual in

but the drive now works.
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Then its unlikely to be an OS problem if you havent changed anything there.

Much more likely to be a flakey drive instead.
Thanks anyway.
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Just to make a note, yesterday I installed ASPI32 and then removed it,
because it didn't help. Nothing was in the event logs before that
change, but I probably didn't try reading a CD or looking at the logs
again after removing ASPI32, until now. At boot time, the system log
says, "The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32"
Click to expand...
The ASPI files are definitely gone, but the installer loaded this reg file, but didn't remove the keys/values when
uninstalling.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32]
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001
Click to expand...

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ASPI32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""
Click to expand...
 
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