Will SP1 address the missing Drives issue?

I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
irk me...

My PC HAS the following physical drives:

A: Floppy (enabled but does NOT see to ever work - can live without it,
though WHY I should I don't know...)
C: for O/S and Apps
D: for Docs
E: DVD Burner
F: CD Burner
G: Removeable HDD for backups. Always connected at the moment, NOT always ON
though.

When I USE one or other of the E or F Drives to burn anything, or to just
PLAY a CD or DVD, the OTHER of these Drives just 'disappears' til the next
reboot. Occasionally the G Drive (when it's tunred ON) will also just go
missing and not be displayed...then it reappears...

I saw a 'fix', a patch, but that was said to be for XP PCs. I have Vista
Ultimate. Will that patch work (assuming I can find it again!?!?!).

Or will Vista's SP1 cure this?

Any help and guidance would be GREATLY appreciated as always.

Rgds
Rod
Perth

"Rod" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
>irk me...

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

....so that looks like an SP1 "NO" then....


"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Rod" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
>>irk me...
>
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
>
>

"Rod" <> wrote in message
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> ...so that looks like an SP1 "NO" then....

No idea, sorry.
I just provided the link. I don't have that problem (or 99.9% of those
reported here) so didn't read through it.
Other than a cursory skim.


>
> "Jay" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Rod" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
>>>irk me...
>>
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
>>
>>
>

A - What does enabled mean? Have you checked the cabling etc. to see if it
is plugged in properly. Does the light stay on? Does it work in another
computer?
E F - Sounds like you have installed some program which causes this problem.
Disappears from where? Disk Management has what informtion for these
devices? A E F

"Rod" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
>irk me...
>
> My PC HAS the following physical drives:
>
> A: Floppy (enabled but does NOT see to ever work - can live without it,
> though WHY I should I don't know...)
> C: for O/S and Apps
> D: for Docs
> E: DVD Burner
> F: CD Burner
> G: Removeable HDD for backups. Always connected at the moment, NOT always
> ON though.
>
> When I USE one or other of the E or F Drives to burn anything, or to just
> PLAY a CD or DVD, the OTHER of these Drives just 'disappears' til the next
> reboot. Occasionally the G Drive (when it's tunred ON) will also just go
> missing and not be displayed...then it reappears...
>
> I saw a 'fix', a patch, but that was said to be for XP PCs. I have Vista
> Ultimate. Will that patch work (assuming I can find it again!?!?!).
>
> Or will Vista's SP1 cure this?
>
> Any help and guidance would be GREATLY appreciated as always.
>
> Rgds
> Rod
> Perth

John Barnes wrote:
> A - What does enabled mean? Have you checked the cabling etc. to see if
> it is plugged in properly. Does the light stay on? Does it work in
> another computer?
> E F - Sounds like you have installed some program which causes this
> problem. Disappears from where? Disk Management has what informtion for
> these devices? A E F
>
> "Rod" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really,
>> REALLY irk me...
>>
>> My PC HAS the following physical drives:
>>
>> A: Floppy (enabled but does NOT see to ever work - can live without
>> it, though WHY I should I don't know...)
>> C: for O/S and Apps
>> D: for Docs
>> E: DVD Burner
>> F: CD Burner
>> G: Removeable HDD for backups. Always connected at the moment, NOT
>> always ON though.
>>
>> When I USE one or other of the E or F Drives to burn anything, or to
>> just PLAY a CD or DVD, the OTHER of these Drives just 'disappears' til
>> the next reboot. Occasionally the G Drive (when it's tunred ON) will
>> also just go missing and not be displayed...then it reappears...
>>
>> I saw a 'fix', a patch, but that was said to be for XP PCs. I have
>> Vista Ultimate. Will that patch work (assuming I can find it again!?!?!).
>>
>> Or will Vista's SP1 cure this?
>>
>> Any help and guidance would be GREATLY appreciated as always.
>>
>> Rgds
>> Rod
>> Perth
>

Do you have iTunes installed?


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Rod wrote:
> I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really,
> REALLY irk me...
>
> My PC HAS the following physical drives:
>
> A: Floppy (enabled but does NOT see to ever work - can live without it,
> though WHY I should I don't know...)
> C: for O/S and Apps
> D: for Docs
> E: DVD Burner
> F: CD Burner
> G: Removeable HDD for backups. Always connected at the moment, NOT
> always ON though.
>
> When I USE one or other of the E or F Drives to burn anything, or to
> just PLAY a CD or DVD, the OTHER of these Drives just 'disappears' til
> the next reboot. Occasionally the G Drive (when it's tunred ON) will
> also just go missing and not be displayed...then it reappears...
>
> I saw a 'fix', a patch, but that was said to be for XP PCs. I have Vista
> Ultimate. Will that patch work (assuming I can find it again!?!?!).
>
> Or will Vista's SP1 cure this?
>
> Any help and guidance would be GREATLY appreciated as always.
>
> Rgds
> Rod
> Perth

Do you have iTunes installed?

--
"Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on
free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:
> Rod wrote:
>> I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really,
>> REALLY irk me...
>>
>> My PC HAS the following physical drives:
>>
>> A: Floppy (enabled but does NOT see to ever work - can live without
>> it, though WHY I should I don't know...)
>> C: for O/S and Apps
>> D: for Docs
>> E: DVD Burner
>> F: CD Burner
>> G: Removeable HDD for backups. Always connected at the moment, NOT
>> always ON though.
>>
>> When I USE one or other of the E or F Drives to burn anything, or to
>> just PLAY a CD or DVD, the OTHER of these Drives just 'disappears' til
>> the next reboot. Occasionally the G Drive (when it's tunred ON) will
>> also just go missing and not be displayed...then it reappears...
>>
>> I saw a 'fix', a patch, but that was said to be for XP PCs. I have
>> Vista Ultimate. Will that patch work (assuming I can find it again!?!?!).
>>
>> Or will Vista's SP1 cure this?
>>
>> Any help and guidance would be GREATLY appreciated as always.
>>
>> Rgds
>> Rod
>> Perth
>
> Do you have iTunes installed?
>

Here Rod. Sorry for the multiple posts, but I am trying to fix this
exact problem for a family member's computer on Vista. They have iTunes
installed. Here is some information on it, but I do not believe there
is an actual fix. I used this regedit for them and they keep needing to
use system restore to restore their DVD drive, just like you keep
needing to reboot.

http://www.randomfix.com/2007/04/12/...dvd-rom-drive/

Try this suggestion from this forum and see if it works for you:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=50667#344729

Good luck. Post back and let us know.

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free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett

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NO thoughts anyone????


"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Rod" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have posted before about this, but it is NOW starting to really, REALLY
>>irk me...
>
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
>
>

i'd check your bios for the (A) drive and make sure it's enabled and set
to 1.44. as for the cd and dvd did you install them ? if so maybe you
forgot to change the jumpers on them .one needs to be master and the
other slave. hope this helps ...

mike


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