cd-rom

I installed Windows 7 on my PC and now my DVD-ROM drive doesnt work. It shows up in My Computer, device manager says it's working properly, everything seems normal until I put in a disk, then it locks up My Computer and it's impossible to access any files from it. Every time you try to open...

Ok I find this to be a pretty weird problem. I have w7 RC 64bit installed successfully. My primary drive is first on the boot list of hdds and my current boot order is removable, cd-rom, hard drive and I have other boot methods disabled (had to because it was trying to do a network boot before)...

Im trying to install the rc version of windows 7. First off i have an acer aspire 5610-4612. Now I cant even boot from the cd to begin installation and yes I've set usb cdrom, the only cd i see and i only have 1 cd rom drive, to the first boot priority. Next off here is a screenshot of my...

trying to copy a wmv file from a cd rom to my hard drive in windows 7 and seeing that stupid "calculating:mad:" message that goes for 200 years with no actual copying being done. What is this and how do i fix it? I used to see this crap in vista too.

When trying to install windows 7 setup is unable to find drivers for my CDROM model QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242C. Where would I find the drivers for this model. How come Windows7 does not already have drivers for this CDROM.

Just thought I'd mention America's Army 3 (Totally FREE GAME) is now available to pre-load on STEAM, goes live on 17th.... Category AA3 Requirement...

LG GGW-H20L not handled on Win 7 x64 works perfect in Xp Pro x64. I have a split 500g drive with Xp on one partition and Win7 on the other. Using another SATA drive for file dumping, and LG using the 3rd and final SATA port on the Dell P490 I am using. Device manager recognizes the drive...

how can you stop the CD-ROM from spinning up everytime you open a program like windowwss explorer? there is a check box in xp that says something like automatically detect devices, but i cant find it on windows 7

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Hi, I am new to this forum, and am an ageing, enthusiastic IT amateur but a long, long way from being a professional, so please be gentle.:) I have two desk tops and an old Dell notebook that run fine on XP I recently bought a new Acer Aspire 4736 Notebook to replace the old Dell, and was...

When I go to my computer it has a 'BD-ROM Drive' but my DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive does not appear. I tried putting a CD but nothing happens. Under device manager I have a CD-ROM drive enabled but below that is 'PBDS DVD+-RW DS-8W1P ATA Device which when I click says this device is disabled (Code...

Hi. I wish to change the icons for my drives on Windows 7. This can be done on harddrives by simply putting an autorun.inf file with a link to my designated icon, but this is not possible on removable storages, dvdroms and so on. I know on previous versions of Windows this could be done in the...

Hello. I have some troubles with my DVD-ROM. Sometimes it disappears and only reboot can help. Link Removed How can I deal with it?

Hi, i recently upgraded to windows 7 beta (x64) and lost access to my DVD drive completely. When going into device manager, there is a caution symbol on my DVD drive. When i attempt to update driver, W7 tries to install a generic CD-ROM driver. The drive is a TEAC DVD+-RW DVW28SLC ATA Device...

Hello, i have a HP Pavilion dv5-1138nr and since i installed Windows 7 beta the dvd/cd-rom has not worked. The device is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N. The device status is= "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change...

Hello, i have a HP Pavilion dv5-1138nr and since i installed Windows 7 beta the dvd/cd-rom has not worked. The device is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N. The device status is= "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change...

Trying to install W7 on a PC running Vista. When I try to boot from the DVD I get the message CDROM cannot boot Code 5. Thinking the media must be bad I tried it on another PC and it boots fine. I tried a Vista DVD in the original (failing) PC and it boots fine? Any ideas please? Should have...

Hello!, Sorry for my english if you do not understand something. I have a problem witch a cdrom autoexecutable, the cdrom must register a dll before run the application. I create a batch file.On windows vista it's not possible. When I call regsrvr32 from cd appear acces denied, I believe that...

We have a older pc that we no longer use but my mother in-law needs a pc for internet so we offered her our old pc but we want to update it with the latest goods before we give it to her. The operating OS on it is Windows ME. Here's the specs on the pc. Sorry for the long list but its the only...

I lost the use of both the Hp and Plextor dvd/cd-rom drives. could this be due to an automatic update?