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Sony DW-D56A slim 8x DVD+/-RW drive


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pikasso

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I have a sony pc

I upgraded it from Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional.

After the update, I couldn't get the Sony DW-D56A slim 8x DVD+/-RW drive tow work. I see the orange light on, but the green light doesn't blink..


I went to Device manager and Uninstalled it.
After I rebooted, the system re-installed the driver, but I still have the same issue.

Went to Sony website, and installed the updated drive, but that didn't fix the problem..


Any idea?

Your help would be really appreciated.
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Hello, and welcome to Geeks To Go.
Skip the first part as you have already done this.
Let's have you uninstall the DVD-Drive and then have you reboot and let windows reinstall the drivers for it. To do this, do the following:
  • Go to START-->RUN and type devmgmt.msc
  • In the new window that appears, click the + symbol next to CD/DVD-ROM Drives.
  • Locate the drive in question and right-click it and choose UNINSTALL.
  • Once it's finishing uninstalling, reboot your computer.
Once it's rebooted, try putting a DVD in it again and see if the same thing happens.

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If after rebooting you are still having problems, try the following:

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}

Right click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and choose Export. Name this file "filters" and save it to your desktop. This file can be deleted when it is determined it is no longer needed.

In the right pane, if either UpperFilters or LowerFilters are present, right click on it and choose Delete...accept the deletion. Delete both if they are both present.

Close Registry Editor and reboot.

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If after doing that your drive still doesn't show up, please download CDGone from HERE. Once it's downloaded, extract the files to your desktop and open the READ ME FIRST.TXT file and follow the instructions there.

Post back with how things are going after doing the above.
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