Laurie
Both my CD-RW and DVD player stopped working at the same time.....why?
Started by
zowiemagic
, Sep 24 2006 09:11 PM
#1
Posted 24 September 2006 - 09:11 PM
Laurie
#2
Posted 24 September 2006 - 09:15 PM
Use device manager to uninstall the drives then reboot
#3
Posted 24 September 2006 - 10:30 PM
Thanks for the advice, Keith..... unfortunately, it didn't work.
#4
Posted 24 September 2006 - 10:38 PM
Hi zowiemagic...
You say there was a driver error associated with the drives' failure? Do you remember more of what the error actually said?
Let's take a look at the upper and lower filters for the cd-rom problem. Click Start then Run and type regedit...click "Ok"
In the left pane, expand (click +) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Control, then Class, and click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} In the right pane, are UpperFilters and/or LowerFilters listed?
wannabe1
You say there was a driver error associated with the drives' failure? Do you remember more of what the error actually said?
Let's take a look at the upper and lower filters for the cd-rom problem. Click Start then Run and type regedit...click "Ok"
In the left pane, expand (click +) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Control, then Class, and click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} In the right pane, are UpperFilters and/or LowerFilters listed?
wannabe1
#5
Posted 25 September 2006 - 12:54 AM
Only Upper Filters come up. Under Type it says REG_MULTI_SZ and under Data it says InCDPass incdrm.
There are no Lower Filters.
Please forgive my ignorance, but what are Upper and Lower Filters?
Laurie
There are no Lower Filters.
Please forgive my ignorance, but what are Upper and Lower Filters?
Laurie
#6
Posted 25 September 2006 - 07:23 AM
Many third-party programs that control CD or DVD burning (as well as some player applications) install CD- or DVD-ROM filter device drivers into Windows. These filter drivers are meant to allow for low-level hooks into the hardware, to allow for functions such as packet writing (where a CD-R/W or DVD-/+RW can be written incrementally, like a hard disk).
These filter drivers sometimes have problems that can cause the CD or DVD drive to stop working correctly. The device entry for the CD or DVD drive in the Device Manager may show up with an error descriptor that reads "The device could not start." Additionally, there may be an error message that reads "One of the filter drivers for this device is invalid." The devices themselves do not show up in Explorer. Error codes for the device include code 31, code 32, code 19 or code 39, and sometimes the even more ominous warning "Your registry might be corrupted" appears.
That being said, set a system restore point. Go back to the registry key, right click on UpperFilters, and choose "Delete". Close Registry Editor and any other open applications and reboot.
Is your drive now detected and functional?
These filter drivers sometimes have problems that can cause the CD or DVD drive to stop working correctly. The device entry for the CD or DVD drive in the Device Manager may show up with an error descriptor that reads "The device could not start." Additionally, there may be an error message that reads "One of the filter drivers for this device is invalid." The devices themselves do not show up in Explorer. Error codes for the device include code 31, code 32, code 19 or code 39, and sometimes the even more ominous warning "Your registry might be corrupted" appears.
That being said, set a system restore point. Go back to the registry key, right click on UpperFilters, and choose "Delete". Close Registry Editor and any other open applications and reboot.
Is your drive now detected and functional?
#7
Posted 27 September 2006 - 10:31 PM
Sorry for not getting back with you sooner - sometimes life beyond the Internet (unbelievable as that concept may be...) does interfere with reality. Thanks ever so much for the advice which I intend to follow (though not tonight - my eyelashes have cement blocks strapped to them). Will your instructions solve the problem for both my CD-RW and DVD player? They both stopped functioning at the same time.
#8
Posted 27 September 2006 - 10:46 PM
If this fixes one, it should fix them both...at the ame time.
#9
Posted 28 September 2006 - 09:36 PM
Thanks an awesome million, Wannabe 1 ! I'll try that and let you know.
Laurie
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#10
Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:33 PM
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Oh, yes, and you're right - my DVD player's now operational, too....
A maniacally thrilled Laurie
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After over three months of a nonfunctioning CD-RW, I've just spent the last few hours blissfully saving stuff to disk... YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I'm dancing, I'm so happy....
Oh, yes, and you're right - my DVD player's now operational, too....
A maniacally thrilled Laurie
#11
Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:51 PM
My pleasure...
*wannabe1 thinks zowiemagic is a "happy camper"....
*wannabe1 thinks zowiemagic is a "happy camper"....
#12
Posted 30 September 2006 - 11:00 PM
What was your first clue?
(Possibly the cartwheels and handsprings of joy catapulting me off all available walls like a superball on a caffeine high ....)
(Possibly the cartwheels and handsprings of joy catapulting me off all available walls like a superball on a caffeine high ....)
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