Grrr, New XP Problem With CD Drives

[TheAuldGrump]

Grrrr. As I mentioned on a previous thread I recently had to reformat after some problems cropped up.

Things went fine for most of the reinstallation, but today my Windows XP is refusing to acknowledge my DVD drive and my CD RW drive.

BIOS Recognizes them, and if I start the computer with the Restore CD in either drive it asks if I want to restore, so it is not a hardware problem. It is only after I get into Win XP that the difficulty occurs.

I tried reinstalling the hardware, and it gives the following message: Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)

Disableing and re-enabling the drives does not fix the problem.

This cropped up after reinstalling the Microsoft .Net framework, Java, and a few other important features. But I do not know if this is in any way related or merely coincidental.

Any ideas on treating this?

The Auld Grump

 

[Chroma]

Two things I'd try:

1. See if the drives are visible/detected in Safe Mode

2. See if there are any firmware updates for your drives; if so, apply them in Safe Mode.

Hope that works!

 

[Breakdaddy]

The two primary factors that Ive seen cause this issue are remedied by doing one of two things (or both):

1. Reinstall the latest DirectX from microsoft
2. reinstall the ASPI Layer (google up forceaspi17 and install this aspi layer->reboot machine)

This has fixed many machines Ive worked on, here is to hoping it fixes your problem as well!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

No luck, I may need to reinstall Windows (again). And just to let you know, there is a new version of ForceASPI, they are up to 1.8.

The Auld Grump, Grrrr

 

[cybertalus]

You said you recently reinstalled, have you tried using System Restore to roll back to the point of install? Even if you haven't made any Restore Points manually, Windows makes one when you first install.

 

[Alzrius]

I'm having a similar problem with my XP, when it just stopped recognizing data-burned CD-R's (audio CD-R's it can play, apparently), nor will it burn CD-R's now. A system restore didn't help.

 

[Viking Bastard]

No luck, I may need to reinstall Windows (again). And just to let you know, there is a new version of ForceASPI, they are up to 1.8.

The Auld Grump, Grrrr

Hmm. What does ForceASPI do?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Found the culprit - one of the files that 'enhances' SP2 also disables my CD Roms. I may need to visit Mr. Gates with a 2X4...

But, I'll likely settle for watching him get hit with a pie instead.

The Auld Grump