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I get the message "Cann't find any cdrom/dvdrom device" from WinDVD!
I am running Win98 (SE), all latest M$ updates loaded.
WinDVD 3 used to work perfectly (for about two years).
I don't know when it stopped working, but I noticed the problem a few
days after I had upgraded from DirectX v8 to DirectX v9 on the
Microsoft website. BUT the problem may have been there earlier, as it
is months since I played a DVD on the machine.
BUT in Windows (File) Manager the DVDROM drive (Z: - as it always has
been) is listed, and the files on it are fully readable!
Audio CDs play perfectly.
And I can play DVDs by manually getting WinDVD to play the .VOB files
on the Z: drive. Of course, that means manually selecting another file
every 20 minutes or so (yech), and I lose all the DVD's menu features.
Which is why I don't think it is anything to do with the graphics
card, which is an ATI AGP 4x 32Mb card.
What I have tried so far...
- deinstalling and reinstalling WinDVD 3
- updating drivers for the ATI video card
- deinstalling the DVDROM device (a Toshiba) from the
Start>Settings>Control Panel>System>Device Manager menu, and letting
Windows automatically reinstall it on rebooting. Device Manager shows
no bad devices
- downloading some "ASPI" updates from the Adaptec site, which seemed
to be to do with SCSI but had some relevance (I read on Google)
- running Norton Systemworks diagnostics - on the Multimedia
diagnostics, it pops up the same "Cann't find any cdrom/dvdrom device"
error message in a window with title bar "WinDVD". No errors shown
with Norton "Windows Doctor".
- looking through Google - a few others have reported the same error
message, but no resolution (I emailed them too)
- downloading WinDVD 5 trial and using it instead: pressing Play does
nothing (as if there was no DVD in the drive)
- updating the M/Board BIOS (yes, desparation)
but nothing has changed the problem one tiny bit.
HELP!! Isn't this weird? The DVDROM and all the files are fully
accessible as a drive (Z
, but WinDVD (v3 and now also v5) cannot
find it.
HELP!!
I am running Win98 (SE), all latest M$ updates loaded.
WinDVD 3 used to work perfectly (for about two years).
I don't know when it stopped working, but I noticed the problem a few
days after I had upgraded from DirectX v8 to DirectX v9 on the
Microsoft website. BUT the problem may have been there earlier, as it
is months since I played a DVD on the machine.
BUT in Windows (File) Manager the DVDROM drive (Z: - as it always has
been) is listed, and the files on it are fully readable!
Audio CDs play perfectly.
And I can play DVDs by manually getting WinDVD to play the .VOB files
on the Z: drive. Of course, that means manually selecting another file
every 20 minutes or so (yech), and I lose all the DVD's menu features.
Which is why I don't think it is anything to do with the graphics
card, which is an ATI AGP 4x 32Mb card.
What I have tried so far...
- deinstalling and reinstalling WinDVD 3
- updating drivers for the ATI video card
- deinstalling the DVDROM device (a Toshiba) from the
Start>Settings>Control Panel>System>Device Manager menu, and letting
Windows automatically reinstall it on rebooting. Device Manager shows
no bad devices
- downloading some "ASPI" updates from the Adaptec site, which seemed
to be to do with SCSI but had some relevance (I read on Google)
- running Norton Systemworks diagnostics - on the Multimedia
diagnostics, it pops up the same "Cann't find any cdrom/dvdrom device"
error message in a window with title bar "WinDVD". No errors shown
with Norton "Windows Doctor".
- looking through Google - a few others have reported the same error
message, but no resolution (I emailed them too)
- downloading WinDVD 5 trial and using it instead: pressing Play does
nothing (as if there was no DVD in the drive)
- updating the M/Board BIOS (yes, desparation)
but nothing has changed the problem one tiny bit.
HELP!! Isn't this weird? The DVDROM and all the files are fully
accessible as a drive (Z
, but WinDVD (v3 and now also v5) cannotfind it.
HELP!!