Old CD-R's Not Recognized In XP

ZenLike · #1 02-09-2003, 03:37 PM

Hello, all. . . first-time poster, so no n00b flames, please.

I recently built a new PC and switched from WinME to XP Home SP1. During the build, I transplanted a Yamaha CRW3200EZ burner from my old system (where it was a secondary drive) into my new one (now the lone CD-ROM). The build went fine, XP setup went smoothly, and the new system is running perfectly -- except for one very annoying thing.

Most of my old burned CD-R's (downloaded ISO's, BIN's, and some general data back-ups) are not being seen in the new system. I insert the disc, the access light flashes for a few moments, then the drive goes idle. If I go to My Computer>CD-RW Drive, the drive shows as not having a disc inserted, as if there's nothing in the drive at all.

All of these discs were created on my old system, using this SAME burner, with Nero. But now that I've moved it to a new rig and switched to XP SP1, they don't work.

I've tried installing Roxio's UDF Reader, but it didn't do a thing (as far as I could tell). I've tried switching the IDE controller to PIO, turning off UDMA, but that didn't help either. Am I missing something obvious here? Is there a setting I need to change? Or do I have to re-download all of these programs and burn them again in XP?

Thanks. . . all help/ideas/tips are appreciated!

beeboy · #2 02-09-2003, 03:57 PM

Are you telling us that if you go to > start > run > cd drive > all files, that nothing shows?

ZenLike · #3 02-09-2003, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by beeboy
Are you telling us that if you go to > start > run > cd drive > all files, that nothing shows?

Yup, that's correct. When I put in a disc, then go start >run >D: >all files, there's nothing there. As if there was no CD in the drive at all.

Ugh, this is frustrating!

beeboy · #4 02-09-2003, 04:32 PM

And you can burn and read new disks? Only thing I can think of is Yamaha offers a variety of 'firmware' for that writer. Is there something there that will help?
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod.../firmware.html

dustyrider · #5 02-09-2003, 04:37 PM

Have you gone to Yamaha's web site for updated drivers for XP? I used to have a Yamaha CD-RW & I know there are specific instructions for installing new drivers for Yamaha drives, so be careful.

ZenLike · #6 02-09-2003, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by beeboy
And you can burn and read new disks? Only thing I can think of is Yamaha offers a variety of 'firmware' for that writer. Is there something there that will help?
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod.../firmware.html

The firmware is up-to-date. I went ahead & tried to update it anyway, in case it got corrupted somehow, but that didn't help.

Also, I used the XP built-in burning wizard to burn a few miscellaneous files onto a new, blank CD-R. It seemed to burn fine (no error messages). However, the newly-burned disc is acting strangely, too. When I insert the new disc, Windows will only recognize it maybe 20% of the time. When it does recognize it, all the files I burned are there, a-ok. But when it doesn't recognize, it's just like all of my old CD-R's (treats it like there's nothing there). Man, this is strange.

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Originally posted by dustyrider
Have you gone to Yamaha's web site for updated drivers for XP? I used to have a Yamaha CD-RW & I know there are specific instructions for installing new drivers for Yamaha drives, so be careful.

From what I could tell, there are no drivers for my drive (CRW3200EZ). Yamaha relies on Windows to provide the necessary drivers for the device. What model do you have?