formatting box popping up

Hello. Can any one help me?
I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?

I too would like an answer on that one. I tried many things, sometimes my
dvd response and I see what I have written to the dvd, then sometimes it
doesn't respond especially if there is a lot on the dvd 4 gbs. I hope this
is fix with service pack 1, because it's annoying to me. Luckly, I have
several cd's with the same files burnt to them, and they work. Just not my
all ready burned dvd's, unless it's not too full. Also tried buying a better
type of dvd, that was a waste of money as it happens to them as well.
--
Robyn


"sg1" wrote:

> Hello. Can any one help me?
> I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
>

I too am having the same problem. At first, I thought maybe I had a bad
burn, but I put it in another PC (Running XP) and it opened up fine. So then
I thought maybe it was because the PC that opened it was the one that burnt
it. So I pop in a DVD R that I burnt on the Vista PC and same thing happens
and it still opens in the XP PC>

"sg1" wrote:

> Hello. Can any one help me?
> I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
>

I have tried some things that havent helped me but have helped other people
maybe you 2 could try.

Right click on the DVD/CD drive in my coputer, go to properties, select the
Recording tab then click the Global Settings button. Click continue if you
have user access enabled. On the pop up that comes up, deselect the check
box for "Automatically close the current UDF session when the disc is
ejected." See if that works.

Another thing you can try is go to your control panel, Go to hardware and
sound, then click on autoplay. Make sure anything pertaining to blank CDs or
blank DVDs is set to take no action, then click save at the bottom of the
screen.

Again, neither of those worked for me but I have seen posts on some pages
saying that helped them so maybe your issue has a diferent cause than mine so
why not give it a try.

I also updated firmware and that didnt help either. Any other ideas out
there?

"Technohic" wrote:

> I too am having the same problem. At first, I thought maybe I had a bad
> burn, but I put it in another PC (Running XP) and it opened up fine. So then
> I thought maybe it was because the PC that opened it was the one that burnt
> it. So I pop in a DVD R that I burnt on the Vista PC and same thing happens
> and it still opens in the XP PC>
>
> "sg1" wrote:
>
> > Hello. Can any one help me?
> > I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> > computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> > let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> > format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
> >

I found something that fixed mine posted here by Spirit pasted below. First
link worked for me.

Subject: Re: DVD-RW not reading any media 8/14/2007 1:58 AM PST

By: Spirit In: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices


The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected after you upgrade a
computer to Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461

You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an
error message after

you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP:
"error code 31"

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060

When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939052/en-us



"ConfusedChris" <> wrote in message
news256DA43-88AC-4A8E-8BBD-...
>I bouhgt my current pc about 2 weeks ago and everything was fine and now my
> DVD-RW doesn't read any media. CD or DVD, nothing happens. In Computer
> (Vista
> home premium) the drive shows up but nothing in the drive. The drive
> itself
> makes noise likes trying to read a blank disk. Why wont it read? My pc is
> NEW!





"sg1" wrote:

> Hello. Can any one help me?
> I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
>

Hi Technohic.
Thanks for that but I don't fancy messing around with or to modify the
registry, I'm not that brave.

"Technohic" wrote:

> I found something that fixed mine posted here by Spirit pasted below. First
> link worked for me.
>
> Subject: Re: DVD-RW not reading any media 8/14/2007 1:58 AM PST
>
> By: Spirit In: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
>
>
> The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected after you upgrade a
> computer to Windows Vista
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
>
> You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an
> error message after
>
> you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP:
> "error code 31"
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060
>
> When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939052/en-us
>
>
>
> "ConfusedChris" <> wrote in message
> news256DA43-88AC-4A8E-8BBD-...
> >I bouhgt my current pc about 2 weeks ago and everything was fine and now my
> > DVD-RW doesn't read any media. CD or DVD, nothing happens. In Computer
> > (Vista
> > home premium) the drive shows up but nothing in the drive. The drive
> > itself
> > makes noise likes trying to read a blank disk. Why wont it read? My pc is
> > NEW!
>
>
>
>
>
> "sg1" wrote:
>
> > Hello. Can any one help me?
> > I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> > computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> > let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> > format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
> >

If you carefully follow the instructions, I dont think there is anything to
fear since it is coming from Microsoft themselves.

If your really not interested in doing that at all, I don't know if you can
find another way. Maybe there is someone you know who's good with that and
you would trust?

"sg1" wrote:

> Hi Technohic.
> Thanks for that but I don't fancy messing around with or to modify the
> registry, I'm not that brave.
>
> "Technohic" wrote:
>
> > I found something that fixed mine posted here by Spirit pasted below. First
> > link worked for me.
> >
> > Subject: Re: DVD-RW not reading any media 8/14/2007 1:58 AM PST
> >
> > By: Spirit In: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
> >
> >
> > The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected after you upgrade a
> > computer to Windows Vista
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
> >
> > You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an
> > error message after
> >
> > you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP:
> > "error code 31"
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060
> >
> > When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939052/en-us
> >
> >
> >
> > "ConfusedChris" <> wrote in message
> > news256DA43-88AC-4A8E-8BBD-...
> > >I bouhgt my current pc about 2 weeks ago and everything was fine and now my
> > > DVD-RW doesn't read any media. CD or DVD, nothing happens. In Computer
> > > (Vista
> > > home premium) the drive shows up but nothing in the drive. The drive
> > > itself
> > > makes noise likes trying to read a blank disk. Why wont it read? My pc is
> > > NEW!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "sg1" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello. Can any one help me?
> > > I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> > > computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> > > let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> > > format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
> > >

Well I plucked up the courage and followed the instructions, it was very
easy. Unfortunately it didn’t solve the problem, Thanks for your help. Cheers


"Technohic" wrote:

> If you carefully follow the instructions, I dont think there is anything to
> fear since it is coming from Microsoft themselves.
>
> If your really not interested in doing that at all, I don't know if you can
> find another way. Maybe there is someone you know who's good with that and
> you would trust?
>
> "sg1" wrote:
>
> > Hi Technohic.
> > Thanks for that but I don't fancy messing around with or to modify the
> > registry, I'm not that brave.
> >
> > "Technohic" wrote:
> >
> > > I found something that fixed mine posted here by Spirit pasted below. First
> > > link worked for me.
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: DVD-RW not reading any media 8/14/2007 1:58 AM PST
> > >
> > > By: Spirit In: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
> > >
> > >
> > > The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected after you upgrade a
> > > computer to Windows Vista
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
> > >
> > > You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an
> > > error message after
> > >
> > > you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP:
> > > "error code 31"
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060
> > >
> > > When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939052/en-us
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "ConfusedChris" <> wrote in message
> > > news256DA43-88AC-4A8E-8BBD-...
> > > >I bouhgt my current pc about 2 weeks ago and everything was fine and now my
> > > > DVD-RW doesn't read any media. CD or DVD, nothing happens. In Computer
> > > > (Vista
> > > > home premium) the drive shows up but nothing in the drive. The drive
> > > > itself
> > > > makes noise likes trying to read a blank disk. Why wont it read? My pc is
> > > > NEW!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "sg1" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello. Can any one help me?
> > > > I put a CD/DVD disk in my DVD drive, then I right click on the drive in my
> > > > computer and press open or explore, the formatting box pops up and will not
> > > > let me read WATS on the disk. I cannot do anything unless I press OK to
> > > > format the disk. How can I stop the formatting box from popping up?
> > > >

have the same issue. My CD's show as blank, although the file folder
still is shown, properly named. Just no data. And if I try to do
anything with it, the formatting box comes up.


--
tom4349

I thought I was the only one with this problem but it seams a lot of other
people out there has the same problem. Maybe we will have to Waite till the
service pack one comes out.

"tom4349" wrote:

>
> have the same issue. My CD's show as blank, although the file folder
> still is shown, properly named. Just no data. And if I try to do
> anything with it, the formatting box comes up.
>
>
> --
> tom4349
>